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
Beware originality. In women fashion originality can lead to carnival.
Nothings makes a woman look older that a rich costume.
Good manners on a man are like wearing an exquisite suit. They never go out of style
Great loves too must be endured.
I was a rebellious child, a rebellious lover, a rebellious couturière - a real devil.
Modesty is the highest elegance
God knows I wanted love... but the moment I had to choose between the man I loved and my dresses... I chose the dresses
I imposed black; it still going strong today, for black wipes out everything else around
Fashion is made to become unfashionable.
A women needs ropes and ropes of pearls.
There have been several Duchesses of Westminster but there is only one Chanel!
Nothing is ugly as long as it is alive.
Costume jewelry is not made to give women an aura of wealth, but to make them beautifu
Only those with no memory insist on their originality.