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
Fashion is everything that can pass fashionable
Arrogance is in everything I do. It is in my gestures, the harshness of my voice, in the glow of my gaze, in my sinewy, tormented face.
Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance!
I don't do fashion, I AM fashion.
Material things aside, we need not advice but approval.
A well dressed man is a best accessory a woman can have
"Where should I apply Perfume?" a young lady asked. "Where you want to be kissed."
Modesty is the highest elegance
When I can no longer create anything, I'll be done for.
I'm for style - fashions change too often.
Only those with no memory insist on their originality.
Fashion comes and goes but style lasts forever
I like fashion to go down to the street, but I can't accept that it should originate there.
Before me no one would have dared dress in black