Fashion Quotes by Coco Chanel · Page 2

Couture is a business, not an art.

— Coco Chanel

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

— Coco Chanel

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

— Coco Chanel

“Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and take one thing off.”

— Coco Chanel

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

— Coco Chanel

I Rule The fashion world, just for now! Let´s make the best of it.

— Coco Chanel

The best colour in the whole world is the one that looks good on you.

— Coco Chanel

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

— Coco Chanel

Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.

— Coco Chanel

A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.

— Coco Chanel

Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with…

— Coco Chanel

A beautiful dress may look beautiful on a hanger, but that means nothing. It must be seen on the shoulders, with the…

— Coco Chanel

Fashion is in the sky, the streets, fashion has to do with ideas, the way in which we live, the events surrounding…

— Coco Chanel

I wanted to give a woman comfortable clothes that would flow with her body. A woman is closest to being naked when…

— Coco Chanel

A style does not go out of style as long as it adapts itself to its period. When there is an incompatibility…

— Coco Chanel

All men are children, and if you understand that, a woman understands everything.

— Coco Chanel

Good manners on a man are like wearing an exquisite suit. They never go out of style

— Coco Chanel

I am neither in the past, nor avant-garde. My style follows life,

— Coco Chanel

I was the one who changed, it wasn't fashion. I was the one who was in fashion.

— Coco Chanel

You can be gorgeous at thirty, charming at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.

— Coco Chanel

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

— Coco Chanel

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

— Coco Chanel

Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics

— Coco Chanel

I like fashion to go down to the street, but I can't accept that it should originate there.

— Coco Chanel

I set the fashion for a quater of a century. Why? Because i knew how to express my own time.

— Coco Chanel

Adornment is never anything except a reflection of the heart.

— Coco Chanel

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

— Coco Chanel

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

— Coco Chanel

When I find a colour darker than black, I'll wear it. But until then, I'm wearing black!

— Coco Chanel

In fashion, you know you have succeeded when there is an element of upset.

— Coco Chanel

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

— Coco Chanel

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

— Coco Chanel

Every day is a fashion show and the world is the run way.

— Coco Chanel

Look for the woman in the dress. If there is no woman, there is no dress.

— Coco Chanel

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

— Coco Chanel

Nothing goes out of fashion sooner than a long dress with a very low neck.

— Coco Chanel