During WW2 there is some evidence to suggest that Coco Chanel was a collaborator. After the war she was initially investigated but the case against her was eventually dropped, possibly under pressure from Winston Churchill who feared that she could end up implicating various members of British high society, including members of the Royal Family, as Nazi-sympathisers.
Regardless of the veracity of these claims what would be the consequences of her being convicted?
What impact will this have on French fashion?
What sort of sentence would she likely face?
Which figures in British high society could she implicate and what would be the consequences of that?