Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.

The hat is not for the street: it will never be democratized. But there are certain houses that one cannot enter without a hat. And one must always wear a hat when lunching with people whom one does not know well. One appears to one's best advantage.

For a woman betrayal has no sense - one cannot betray one's passions.

Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.

A well dressed man is a best accessory a woman can have

I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like.

Chanel is above all a style. Fashion passes, style remains.