Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics

I trained myself. Long ago, `Boy' [Arthur] Capel introduced me to 'Bludgeon the Poor!' (Assommons les pauvres!) which, rejecting resignation, informed my moral outlook for life.

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

A beautiful dress may look beautiful on a hanger, but that means nothing. It must be seen on the shoulders, with the movement of the arms, the legs, and the waist.

I don't do fashion, I'm fashion

As a young girl, I was very proud at overcoming a reading handicap whilst other girls of my age read abundantly.

I like fashion to go down to the street, but I can't accept that it should originate there.