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
Scheherezade is easy; a little black dress is difficult.
A woman without perfume is a woman without a future.
Beware originality. In women fashion originality can lead to carnival.
Nothings makes a woman look older that a rich costume.
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.
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
Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.
Before me no one would have dared dress in black
If you're sad, add more lipstick and attack.