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.
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stilista italianoFrasi 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
„He will soon be claiming that the Resistance has liberated the world“
— Coco Chanel
On Charles De Gaulle during 1944 interview http://www.chanel-muggeridge.com/ with, the then MI6 agent, Malcolm Muggeridge. Read the full interview here http://www.chanel-muggeridge.com/unpublished-interview/.
„Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.“
— Coco Chanel
As quoted in Chanel : A Woman of Her Own (1991) by Axel Madsen, p. 124
„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 -->
„Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.“
— Coco Chanel
As quoted in You've Got Style : Your Personal Guide for Relating to Others (2000) by Robert Rohm , p. 29
„Fashion fades, only style remains the same.“
— Coco Chanel
As quoted in Architectural Digest (September 1994), p. 30
