Coco Chanel is more than a fashion icon. Her shrewd reflections on life, as well as her self-reliance and boldness, made her a woman who blazed trails for the rest of us as female's in art and commerce, giving us permission to be exactly who we want to be in the face of a heavily male-dominated society.
"Fashion is not simply a matter of clothes. Fashion is in the air, born
upon the wind. One intuits it. It is in the sky and on the road."
"Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from
adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their
future."
“It’s probably not just by chance that I’m alone. It would be very hard
for a man to live with me, unless he’s terribly strong. And if he’s
stronger than I, I’m the one who can’t live with him. … I’m neither
smart nor stupid, but I don’t think I’m a run-of-the-mill person. I’ve
been in business without being a businesswoman, I’ve loved without being
a woman made only for love. The two men I’ve loved, I think, will
remember me, on earth or in heaven, because men always remember a woman
who caused them concern and uneasiness. I’ve done my best, in regard
to people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice.”
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