I wanted to give a woman comfortable clothes that would flow with her body. A woman is closest to being naked when she is well-dressed.

When I find a colour darker than black, I'll wear it. But until then, I'm wearing black!

Keep your heel, head and standards high.

Fashion: a beautiful thing that becomes ugly. Art: an ugly thing that becomes beautiful.

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.

Keep your heels, head & standards high!

Everyone marries the Duke of Westminster. There are a lot of duchesses, but only one Coco Chanel.