Frasi di Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel
Data di nascita: 19. Agosto 1883
Data di morte: 10. Gennaio 1971
Altri nomi:Coco Chanelová
Coco Chanel, pseudonimo di Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel , è stata una celebre stilista francese, capace con la sua opera di rivoluzionare il concetto di femminilità e di imporsi come figura fondamentale del fashion design e della cultura popolare del XX secolo.
Ha fondato la casa di moda che porta il suo nome, Chanel.
Frasi Coco Chanel
„I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.“
— Coco Chanel
Context: Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.
As quoted in Chanel (1987) by Jean Leymarie
„The best colour in the whole world is the one that looks good on you.“
— Coco Chanel
As quoted in Beauty in Bloom : A Collection of Beautiful Inspirations (2009) by Natalie Bloom, p. 23
„Youth is something very new: Twenty years ago no one mentioned it.“
— Coco Chanel
As quoted in Coco Chanel : Her Life, Her Secrets (1971)
„In 1919 I woke up famous. I'd never guessed it. If I'd known I was famous, I'd have stolen away and wept. I was stupid. I was supposed to be intelligent. I was sensitive and very dumb.“
— Coco Chanel
As quoted in Coco Chanel : Her Life, Her Secrets (1971), p. 95
In 1919 I woke up famous and with a new friend who was to give its full meaning to my success.
Statement to Salvador Dalí, about herself and her friendship with Misia Sert, as quoted in The Persistence of Memory : A Biography of Dali (1992) by Meredith Etherington-Smith
„As long as you know that most men are like children, you know everything.“
— Coco Chanel
As quoted in Thinking Through the Essay (1986) by Judith Barker-Sandbrook and Neil Graham, p. 158
„Fashion is architecture. It is a matter of proportions.“
— Coco Chanel
As quoted in Coco Chanel : Her Life, Her Secrets (1971) by Marcel Haedrich <!-- also The Quotable Woman (1978) by Elaine Partnow, p. 186 -->
„There is nothing more comfortable than a caterpillar and nothing more made for love than a butterfly. We need dresses that crawl and dresses that fly. Fashion is at once a caterpillar and a butterfly, caterpillar by day, butterfly by night“
— Coco Chanel
Statement in the 1920s as quoted in Chanel (1987) by Jean Leymari
„In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.“
— Coco Chanel
As quoted in Coco Chanel : Her Life, Her Secrets (1971) by Marcel Haedrich <!-- also The Quotable Woman (1978) by Elaine Partnow, p. 186 -->
„I was a rebellious child, a rebellious lover, a rebellious couturière — a real devil.“
— Coco Chanel
As quoted in Paris, Paris : Journey Into the City of Light (2005) by David Downie, p. 93
„Fashion fades, only style remains the same.“
— Coco Chanel
As quoted in Architectural Digest (September 1994), p. 30
„Fashion is made to become unfashionable.“
— Coco Chanel
As quoted in LIFE magazine (1957)
„The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.“
— Coco Chanel
As quoted in Believing in Ourselves (1992) by Armand Eisen, p. 39
