30 phrases by Coco Chanel to be inspired by this fashion icon

Dress badly and they will notice the dress. Dress well and the woman will be noticed.

Fashion is not an art, it’s a business.

The false must be mixed with the true. Asking someone to only wear real jewelry is like asking them to only wear real flowers instead of wearing a floral print outfit.

Nobody can live with such narrow horizons.

Only on Sundays I don’t invent anything.

My style is linked to emotions.

I don’t believe in copying, I believe in imitation. It feels good to be imitated.

The woman has to know the exact time to leave the scene. Even if this time is very painful.

Elegance is everything that is beautiful, whether right or wrong.

A fashion that does not reach the streets cannot be called a fashion.

When people ask my age, I say: after 50, it depends on the day.

A woman who is not loved is nobody. Loneliness can help a man find himself, but it destroys a woman.

The bravest act is to think of yourself. Out loud!

If you want to be original, prepare to be imitated.

The most courageous act is still to think with one’s own head.

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

Innovation! You cannot be innovative forever. I want to create classics.

Where is the genius of a couturier really? Genius is knowing how to predict. The great couturier is the one who has the gift of the future in his mind.

Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.

The stylists forgot that there are women inside the dresses. Clothes should have a natural shape.

Most women choose a nightgown more carefully than their husbands.

You can be beautiful at 30, charming at 40 and irresistible for the rest of your life.

I don’t care what you think of me. I don’t think about you.

Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.

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

I’m against the fashion that does not last. It’s my masculine side. I can’t imagine throwing clothes away just because it’s spring.

Fashion is not something that exists only in dresses: it is in the sky, on the street. Fashion is about ideas, the way we live, what is happening.

Luxury has to be comfortable or it is not luxury.

It doesn’t matter where you come from. What matters is who you are! And who are you? Do you know?

The woman can be chrysalis and butterfly. She is a chrysalis during the day and a butterfly at night.