Quotes by Coco Chanel

About Coco Chanel:

Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel is the only fashion designer listed on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
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Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance!

Coco Chanel

I wanted to give a woman comfortable clothes that would flow with her body. A woman is closest to being naked when she is well-dressed.

Coco Chanel

Elegance comes from being as beautiful inside as outside.

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A woman with good shoes i never ugly!

Coco Chanel

Be classy. Anything but trashy.

Coco Chanel

Costume jewelry is not made to give women an aura of wealth, but to make them beautifu

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Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics

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A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion

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Fashion has two purposes: comfort and love. Beauty comes when fashion succeeds.

Coco Chanel

A beautiful dress may look beautiful on a hanger, but that means nothing. It must be seen on the shoulders, with the movement of the arms, the legs, and the waist.

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I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the ugliest word in our language. I stay in the game to fight it.

Coco Chanel

If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.

Coco Chanel

You live but once; you might as well be amusing.

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In order to be irreplaceacle, one must always be different.

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Everyone marries the Duke of Westminster. There are a lot of duchesses, but only one Coco Chanel.

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Where should one use perfume?" a young woman asked. "Wherever one wants to be kissed.

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Only those with no memory insist on their originality.

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As long as you know most men are like children, you know everything.

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Sin can be forgiven, but stupid is forever.

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There is a time for work, and a time for love. That leaves no other time.

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A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life.

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Author Bio

  • NameCoco Chanel
  • DescriptionFrench fashion designer
  • AliasesGabrielle Bonheur Chanel; Gabrielle Chanel
  • BornAugust 19, 1883
  • DiedJanuary 10, 1971
  • CountryFrance
  • ProfessionFashion Designer; Choreographer; Designer; Artist
  • AwardsNeiman Marcus Fashion Award