Coco Chanel Quotes

The problem of aging is the problem of living. There is no simple solution.

A woman needs independence, not equality. In most cases, equality is a step down.

Fashion is in the sky, in the street.

Fashion is not simply a matter of clothes. Fashion is in the air, born upon the wind. One intuits it. It is in the sky and on the road.

Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

Women must tell men always that they are the strong ones. They are the big, the strong, the wonderful. In truth, women are the strong ones. It is just my opinion, I am not a professor.

Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.

Adornment is never anything except a reflection of the heart.

Passion always goes, and boredom stays.

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.

There goes a woman who knows all the things that can be taught and none of the things that cannot be taught.

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

A dress made right should allow one to walk, to dance, even to ride horseback.

Fashion fades, only style remains the same.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

Happiness is the secret of beauty. But who knows the secret of happiness? The wise woman keeps her cosmetics at hand.

I don't understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little - if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that's the day she has a date with destiny. And it's best to be as pretty as possible for destiny.

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

Nothings makes a woman look older that a rich costume.

Costume jewelry is not made to give women an aura of wealth, but to make them beautifu

You live but once; you might as well be amusing.

Beware originality. In women fashion originality can lead to carnival.

Nothing is more beautiful than freedom of the body.

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.

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

A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life.

When putting on accessories, take off the last thing you've put on.

You cannot keep up a nightlife and amount to anything in the day. You cannot indulge in those foods and liquors that destroy the physique and still hope to have a physique that functions with the minimum of destruction to itself. A candle burnt at both ends may shed a brighter light, but the darkness that follows is for a longer time.

Keep your heel, head and standards high.

Why am I so determined to put the shoulder where it belongs? Women have very round shoulders that push forward slightly; this touches me and I say: 'One must not hide that!' Then someone tells you: 'The shoulder is on the back'. I have never seen women with shoulders on their backs.

I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the ugliest word in our language. I stay in the game to fight it.

In the act of deciding what to eliminate, you place value on what's left behind.

In order to be different one must be irreplaceble.

Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and remove one accessory.

Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.

If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.

He who does not enjoy his own company is usually right.

I am not young but I feel young. The day I feel old, I will go to bed and stay there. J'aime la vie! I feel that to live is a wonderful thing.

Some people pursue unhappiness because happiness is too mild a sensation.

simplicity is the key of elegance

After a fashion, they did, mingling the sale of perfumes with anti-Nazi propaganda. In the event, my tirelessly publicised determination to wrest back control of the business neutralised most of the adverse repercussions on me from an unwilling association with their propaganda.

Eat less than you think you want, eat with your intelligence, not your stomach. Never get up from the table with an inward, silent apology for being a pig.

Nothing makes a woman look so old as desperately trying to look young

If you're sad, add more lipstick and attack.

I don't do fashion, I AM fashion.

A woman without perfume is a woman without a future.

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