FAMOUS WOMEN AND BEAUTY

FEATURING: Quotes by Coco Chanel

(August 19, 1883 – January 10, 1971)

Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel, one of the greatest fashion designers of the 20th century.

Quotes by Coco Chanel – about life
“True generosity means accepting ingratitude.”
“One can get used to ugliness, but never to negligence.”
“If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent their growing.”
"Coquetry, it's a triumph of the spirit over the senses."
“Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; life shapes the face you have at thirty; but at fifty, you get the face you deserve.”

Coco Chanel quotes about woman and fashion.
“Fashion is not simply a matter of clothes; fashion is in the air, born upon the wind; one intuits it… it comes from ideas, manners, events…”
“Fashion has two purposes: comfort and love. Beauty comes when fashion succeeds.”
“I don’t like people talking about the Chanel fashion. Chanel – above all else, is a style. Fashion, you see, goes out of fashion. Style never.”
“Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance!”
“An elegant woman should be able to do her marketing without making housewives laugh. Those who laugh are always right.”
“A dress is not a dressing. It is made to be worn. One wears clothes with the shoulders. A dress should hang from the shoulders.”
“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.”
“Luxury is a necessity that begins where necessity ends.”
“Luxury is not the opposite of poverty, it is the opposite of vulgarity.”