Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel
Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel was a French fashion designer of women's clothes and founder of the Chanel brand. Along with Paul Poiret, Chanel was credited in the post-World War I era with liberating women from the constraints of the "corseted silhouette" and popularizing a sporty, casual chic as the feminine standard of style. She is widely regarded as the greatest fashion designer who ever lived, thus making the name of Chanel iconic. A prolific fashion creator, Chanel extended her influence...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth19 August 1883
CitySaumur, France
CountryFrance
I stood up for myself as I always have done. Nobody has ever told Coco Chanel what to think.
Women have always been the strong ones of the world.
My friends, there are no friends.
If you are sad, If you are heartbroken , make yourself up , dress up , add more lipstick and attack . Men hate women who weep.
Everyday is a fashion show and the world is the runway
Men always remember a woman who caused them concern and uneasiness.
A woman has the age she deserves.
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.
Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.
Disregarding the fact that I am old enough to be [Walter] Schellenberg's mother, I would feel nauseated to be coupled with a man whose ideology has debased our hearts.
A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.
If my boy had perished in a Nazi compound, I could never have gone on living. I would have killed myself.
I have steadfastly refused to make concessions that would undermine my ideals.
I am no longer what I was. I will remain what I have become.