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
Clothes by a man who doesn't know women, never had one, and dreams of being one!
If I cut my hair, others did. If I shortened my dresses, so did everyone else.
It's always better to be underdressed.
A woman in love is helpless.
If a woman is poorly dressed, you notice her dress. If a woman is impeccably dressed, you notice the woman.
A woman's education consists of two lessons: never leave the house without stocking, never go out without a hat.
I invented my life because I wasn't pleased with it.
Coquetry, it's a triumph of the spirit over the senses.
Nothing goes out of fashion sooner than a long dress with a very low neck.
One can get used to ugliness, but never to negligence.
Fashion becomes unfashionable. Style never.
Elegance means being beautiful both on the inside and out.
It's not houses I love, it's the life I live in them.
Where should one use perfume?" a young woman asked. "Wherever one wants to be kissed.