"I don't do fashion, I'm fashion"
Coco Chanel
Fashion Designer
Coco Chanel was a pioneering French fashion designer known for revolutionizing women's fashion with her modernist approach and the iconic Chanel No. 5 perfume.
- Born
- September 19, 1883
- Died
- January 10, 1971
- Quotes
- 235
- Rank
- #288
Quote collection
Coco Chanel quotes (page 4 of 12)
235 quotes — follow a thought to its full quote page.
"I am not young but I feel young. The day I feel old, I will go to bed and stay there. J'aime la vie! I feel that to live is a wonderful thing."
"The best things in life are free. The second best things are very, very expensive."
"A women who doesn't wear perfume has no future."
"Nothing makes a woman look so old as desperately trying to look young"
"Adornment is never anything except a reflection of the heart."
"Fashion fades, only style remains the same."
"I never wanted to weigh more heavily on a man than a bird."
"A woman has the age she deserves."
"Luxury lies not in the richness of things, but in the absence of vulgarity"
"A style does not go out of style as long as it adapts itself to its period. When there is an incompatibility between the style and a certain state of mind, it is never the style that triumphs."
"A women needs ropes and ropes of pearls."
"We are born with only one face, but laughing or crying, wisely or unwisely, eventually we form our own."
"True generosity means accepting ingratitude."
"It is the unseen, unforgettable, ultimate accessory of fashion that heralds your arrival and prolongs your departure."
"A woman with good shoes i never ugly!"
"Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only."
"Women must tell men always that they are the strong ones. They are the big, the strong, the wonderful. In truth, women are the strong ones. It is just my opinion, I am not a professor."
"Women have always been the strong ones of the world. The men are always seeking from women a little pillow to put their heads down on. They are always longing for the mother who held them as infants."
"Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity."