Introduction to Deauvilleby FROMMER'SNovember 20, 2006 Deauville has been associated with the rich and famous since the duc de Morny, Napoléon III's half-brother, founded it as an upscale resort in 1859. In 1913, it entered sartorial history when Coco Chanel launched her career here, opening a boutique selling tiny hats that challenged the fashion of huge-brimmed hats loaded with flowers and fruit. (Coco's point of view: "How can the mind breathe under those things?") (read article)