Coco Chanel's 14 Most Famous Sayings

On August 19, 1883, a style icon who turned the fashion world upside down, the creator of the little black dress and the legendary fragrance "Chanel No. 5", the magnificent Coco Chanel, was born. She was known not only for her branded accessories and perfumes, but also for interesting phrases about life and fashion, the best of which are in our publication.

1. "In order to be irreplaceable, you must always be different."

2. "Fashion is not just a matter of clothes. Fashion is in the air, it is brought by the wind. Everyone anticipates it, breathes it. It is both in the sky and on the road."

3. "Nature gives you the face you have at twenty. Life shapes the face you have at thirty. But at fifty you get the face you deserve."

4. "Fashion passes, style remains."

5. ""Where should I apply perfume?“ — a young woman once asked me. „Wherever you would like to be kissed by a man," I said."

6. "Taking care of beauty, we must start with the heart and soul, otherwise no cosmetics will help."

7. "Dress badly, and your clothes will be remembered; dress flawlessly, and a woman will be remembered."

8. "I don't understand how a woman can leave the house without tidying herself up — at least out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe on this day you will meet your destiny. So it's better to be perfect as much as possible to meet fate."

9. "There is no time for boredom and monotony. There is time for work. And there is a time for love."

10. "It's easy to dress up as a Scheherazade, it's hard to pick up a little black dress."

11. "Elegance is not the prerogative of youth, it is the prerogative of those who hold their future in their hands."

12. "If a man speaks ill of all women, it usually means that he was burned by one of them."

13. "Some people think that luxury is the opposite of poverty. That's not so. It's the opposite of vulgarity."

14. "Fashion has become a joke. The designers forgot that there are women inside the dress. Most women dress for men and want to be admired. But they should also be able to move, get in the car without tearing their dresses! Clothes should be naturally shaped."