COCO CHANEL QUOTES

 These are the best and some of my all-time favorite Coco Chanel quotes! Use these quotes for your inspiration and even life advice. A lot of these Coco Chanel Quotes pertain to how we look, how we take care of ourselves and of course fashion. Some of these Coco Chanel Quotes are very direct and you either love it or you hate it but it does get you to stop and wonder and reflect on how you want to appear to the world.

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“A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous. “ -Coco Chanel

“A woman has the age she deserves.” -Coco Chanel

“A women who doesn’t wear perfume has no future.” -Coco Chanel

“I don’t know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men.” -Coco Chanel

“Look for the woman in the dress. If there is no woman, there is no dress.” -Coco Chanel

“Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.” -Coco Chanel

“A woman is closest to being naked when she is well dressed.” -Coco Chanel

“If a man talks bad about all women, it usually means he was burned by one woman.” -Coco Chanel

“I don’t understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little – if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that’s the day she has a date with destiny. And it’s best to be as pretty as possible for destiny.” -Coco Chanel

“There goes a woman who knows all the things that can be taught and none of the things that cannot be taught.” -Coco Chanel

“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” -Coco Chanel

“Fashion is made to become unfashionable.” -Coco Chanel

“The best things in life are free. The second best things are very, very expensive.” -Coco Chanel

“There is no fashion for the old.” -Coco Chanel

“I don’t do fashion, I am fashion.” -Coco Chanel

“I like fashion to go down to the street, but I can’t accept that it should originate there.” -Coco Chanel

“I was the one who changed, it wasn’t fashion. I was the one who was in fashion.” -Coco Chanel

“In fashion, you know you have succeeded when there is an element of upset.” -Coco Chanel

“A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion.” -Coco Chanel

“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.” -Coco Chanel

The 25 Best Coco Chanel Quotes About Fashion, Life, and True Style

Some adages age well, while others would be better relegated to the time and era in which they were spoken. Fashion icon Gabrielle Chanel’s advice mostly falls into the former category. In that spirit, we’re highlighting some of the absolute best Coco Chanel quotes on fashion, career, and life.

Coco Chanel lived a truly spectacular life—and not just because she created one of the most iconic fashion brands in history (not to mention that iconic little jacket).The forward-thinking designer—née Gabrielle (Coco was her nickname)—was raised in an orphanage (where the nuns taught her how to sew!), and started her career as a singer in Paris cafes before eventually turning to design.

She also entertained a jaw-dropping string of lovers—which ranged from the Duke of Westminster to a Nazi officer. Even her fashion label, which now seems as solid as bedrock, had its twists and turns: Chanel was forced to shutter the business entirely during World War II, and only re-entered the world of fashion in 1954 when she was 71 years old.

The Chanel style empire we know and love now wouldn’t be the same without Coco’s specific vision, fierce spirit and elevated aesthetic. While it would be nearly impossible to catalog every moment of her brilliance, we’ve assembled 25 of Gabrielle Chanel’s best sentiments—perfect for Instagram captions.

1. “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”

2. “There are people who have money and people who are rich.”

3. “In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.”

4. “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.

5. “A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.”

6. “Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.”

7. “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.”

8. “The best things in life are free. The second-best are very expensive.”

9. “A woman with good shoes is never ugly.”

10. “Fashion changes, but style endures.”

11. “Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.”

12. “Dress like you are going to meet your worst enemy today.”

13. “A woman who doesn’t wear perfume has no future.”

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

15. “Elegance is refusal.”

16. “Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.”

17. “I don’t understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little—if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that’s the day she has a date with destiny. And it’s best to be as pretty as possible for destiny.”

18. “I don’t do fashion, I am fashion.”

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

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

21. “I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all.”

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

23. “Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance!”

24. “Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.”

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