Best 166 quotes of Coco Chanel on MyQuotes

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.

Adornment is never anything except a reflection of the heart.

Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance!

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

A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion

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.

A major shortcoming of the Resistance is the outnumbering, before long, of the genuine warriors by camera-carrying midgets intent on leaving a record of their purported heroism.

An interior is the natural projection of the soul.

As a young girl, I was very proud at overcoming a reading handicap whilst other girls of my age read abundantly.

As extended as you know most males are like young children, you understand all the things.

As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!

As soon as you set foot on a yacht you belong to some man, not to yourself, and you die of boredom.

A style does not go out of style as long as it adapts itself to its period

A style does not go out of style as long as it adapts itself to its period. When there is an incompatibility between the style and a certain state of mind, it is never the style that triumphs.

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

A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.

A woman has the age she deserves.

A woman in love is helpless.

A woman is closest to being naked when she is well-dressed.

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

A woman's education consists of two lessons: never leave the house without stocking, never go out without a hat.

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

A woman with good shoes i never ugly!

A women who doesn't wear perfume has no future.

A young lady ought to be two things: tasteful and breathtaking.

Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.

Beauty comes when fashion succeeds

Beauty Should Begin in the Heart and Soul, otherwise cosmetics are useless.

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

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

Caring about beauty, it is necessary to start with the heart and soul, otherwise no makeup will not help.

Chanel is above all a style. Fashion passes, style remains.

Creativity is the art of concealing your sources.

Clothes by a man who doesn't know women, never had one, and dreams of being one!

Coquetry, it's a triumph of the spirit over the senses.

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

Disregarding the fact that I am old enough to be [Walter] Schellenberg's mother, I would feel nauseated to be coupled with a man whose ideology has debased our hearts.

Elegance is when the inside is as beautiful as the outside.

Early happiness handicaps people. I do not regret having been profoundly unhappy.

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.

Elegance comes from being as beautiful inside as outside.

Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.

Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.

Elegance means being beautiful both on the inside and out.

Everyday is a fashion show and the world is the runway

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

Fashion has become a joke. The designers have forgotten that there are women inside the dresses.

Fashion comes and goes but style lasts forever

Fashion has become a joke. The designers have forgotten that there are women inside the dresses. Most women dress for men and want to be admired. But they must also be able to move, to get into a car without bursting their seams! Clothes must have a natural shape.

Fashion has two purposes: comfort and love. Beauty comes when fashion succeeds.