Everyone marries the Duke of Westminster. There are a lot of duchesses, but only one Coco Chanel.
A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.
Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.
My life didn’t please me, so I created my life.
If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.
A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life.
You can be gorgeous at thirty, charming at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.
The best colour in the whole world is the one that looks good on you.
Keep your heel, head and standards high.
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.
Traveling is so complicated. There are so many people everywhere. I make my best journeys on my couch.
Nothing goes out of fashion sooner than a long dress with a very low neck.
Some people pursue unhappiness because happiness is too mild a sensation.
Ask me who I don’t dress!
Arrogance is in everything I do. It is in my gestures, the harshness of my voice, in the glow of my gaze, in my sinewy, tormented face.
Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance!
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.
Coquetry, it’s a triumph of the spirit over the senses.
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 captapillar and a butterfly, caterpillar by day, butterfly by night.
Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.
Beauty begins in the moment you decide to be yourself.