Great loves too must be endured.
I imposed black; it’s still going strong today, for black wipes out everything else around.
Fashion is made to become unfashionable.
A women needs ropes and ropes of pearls.
A woman with good shoes is never ugly!
Nothing is as ugly as long as it is alive.
There goes a woman who knows all the things that can be taught and none of the things that cannot be taught.
Costume jewelry is not made to give women an aura of wealth, but to make them beautiful.
There have been several Duchesses of Westminster but there is only one Chanel!
As soon as you set foot on a yacht you belong to some man, not to yourself, and you die of boredom.
Hard times arouse an instinctive desire for authenticity.
A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion.
I don’t know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men.
Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.
Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.
Passion goes, Boredom remains.
The poetry of fashion lies in the creation of illusion.
I’m for style – fashions change too often.
I consider lace to be one of the prettiest imitations ever made of the fantasy of nature.
Before me no one would have dared dress in black.