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
„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 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
„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
„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
„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
„How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something, but to be someone.“
— Coco Chanel
As quoted in Contemporary Quotations (1954) by James Beasley Simpson
„A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.“
— Coco Chanel
As quoted in The Gospel According to Coco Chanel : Life Lessons from the World's Most Elegant Woman (2009) by Karen Karbo
„Ask me who I don't dress!“
— Coco Chanel
When asked who she dressed, as quoted in Paris, Paris : Journey Into the City of Light (2005) by David Downie, p. 93
