We follow in the footsteps of the great Gabrielle, trying on an image in the style of elegant masculinity. Take a look at your wardrobe and do a little revision of its contents. Surely, in your mandatory, basic set of things there will be a tweed jacket, an elegant white blouse, a little black dress, low-heeled shoes and, of course, loose-fitting trousers. If you also have a quilted handbag on a chain and a few pearl jewelry, then you can confidently say that you are inheriting the principles of the leading woman from the fashion world of the twentieth century.
The principle of elegance, borrowing men's things, as well as the search for new formats of femininity - this is what Coco Chanel worked on all her life. Thanks to her, ladies not only got rid of the inconvenience associated with the mandatory use of corsets, but also gained a feeling of unbearable, “forbidden” comfort. On August 19, the whole world celebrates the birthday of the female icon. We decided to honor the memory of the couturier by reflecting on how Mademoiselle Chanel would dress if she lived in our time. We consider the principle of “luxurious simplicity” from the point of view of current concepts of fashion trends.
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Coco Chanel quotes about life, fashion, style and beauty
No one has lived a life like mine. I didn't understand anything. Nobody taught me anything. She had to figure it all out on her own.
Only those who look at you with tenderness have beautiful eyes.
Perfume is an invisible, but unforgettable, unsurpassed fashion accessory. It notifies you when a woman appears and continues to remind you of her when she has left.
Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.
They say that women dress for the sake of women, that they are inspired by the spirit of competition. This is true. But if there were no more men left in the world, they would stop dressing.
Fashion passes, but style remains.
There are people who have money and there are rich people.
A woman should dress in such a way that it is pleasant to undress her.
“When should you wear perfume?” - asks the young woman. “When you want to be kissed,” I answer.
True happiness is inexpensive: if you have to pay a high price for it, then it is fake.
—Where should I apply cosmetics? -Where do you want to be kissed?
There are two things that a man cannot comprehend: the secret of Creation and his wife’s hat.
Fashion cannot be called fashion if it is not worn on the street.
People don't know how to live. They are not taught this.
If you want to have something you've never had, you'll have to do something you've never done.
If you are struck by the beauty of a woman, but you cannot remember what she was wearing, then she was dressed perfectly.
Age is not the most important thing for a woman: you can be delightful at 20, charming at 40 and remain irresistible until the end of your days.
Friends, there are only enemies all around!
Women have no friends. They are either loved or not!
It is generally accepted that luxury is the opposite of poverty. No, luxury is the opposite of vulgarity.
Old age does not protect from love, but love protects from old age.
Every woman has the age she deserves.
If a woman is not beautiful, then she is simply stupid.
We need beauty to be loved by men; and stupidity - so that we love men.
I don’t know why women demand everything that men have. After all, women, among other things, have men.
At 20 your face is given to you by nature, at 30 it is sculpted by life, but at 50 you must earn it yourself... Nothing ages you more than the desire to look younger. After 50, no one is young anymore. But I know 50-year-olds who are more attractive than three-quarters of poorly groomed young women.
You pay for love in installments, and most of the time, alas, when the love is already over.
Everything is in our hands, so they can not be omitted.
If you were born without wings, don't stop them from growing.
I do not care what you think of me. I do not think about you at all.
A man capable of action is doomed to be loved!
A well-cut dress suits any woman. Dot!
Self-care must start from the heart, otherwise no amount of cosmetics will help.
The world is full of all sorts of duchesses, but there is only one Coco Chanel.
No one is young after forty, but we can be irresistible at any age.
A woman who doesn't wear makeup thinks too highly of herself.
I caused ridicule from others with my manner of dressing, but this was the secret of my success. I didn't look like everyone else.
You don't have to be young and beautiful to look great.
Elegance is not about wearing a new dress. Elegant - because she is elegant, the new dress has nothing to do with it.
A woman worries about the future until she gets married. A man doesn't worry about the future until he gets married.
The shortage of real men is not a reason to cling to freaks. Hands are a girl’s calling card; The neck is her passport; Chest - international passport.
Luxury is a necessity that begins where necessity ends.
Be a caterpillar by day and a butterfly by night.
If a woman cheats, there is no need to look for reasonable reasons: it’s not all about the mind, but about feelings.
Coquetry is the victory of reason over feelings.
A beautiful dress may look nice on a hanger, but it doesn't mean anything. A dress must be judged when it is on a woman, when the woman moves her arms, legs, bends her waist.
Bad taste has limits, only good taste is endless.
When taking care of beauty, you must start with the heart and soul, otherwise no amount of cosmetics will help.
Jewelry is a whole science! Beauty is a formidable weapon! Modesty is the height of elegance!
Women, as a rule, choose a nightgown for themselves much more carefully than a husband.
Perfume says more about a woman than her handwriting.
Very expensive clothes make you look old.
Whatever one may say, there is only one woman in a man’s life. All the rest are her shadows...
A woman is closest to nakedness when she is well dressed.
You won't get a second chance to make a first impression.
Beware of originality; in women's fashion, originality can lead to masquerade.
Luxury is not a challenge to poverty, it is a challenge to vulgarity.
There is a time to work, and there is a time to love. There is no other time left.
I love it when fashion comes out into the streets, but I don't allow it to come from there.
Look for a woman in a dress. If there is no woman, then there is no dress.
The main quotes from Coco Chanel about fashion and love that every woman needs to know
August 19, 2014 marks Coco Chanel's 131st birthday. Gazeta.Ru has collected her best sayings that any modern woman needs to know.
Coco Chanel lived to be 87 years old, elegantly but uncompromisingly changing the world of fashion forever. Thanks to her, we wear fitted jackets, which previously only went to men, a little black dress, against which any arguments are powerless in negotiations, luxurious scents that make us the only ones, and we directly tell a man everything we think about him. Gazeta.Ru chose the most striking statements of the famous French fashion designer, believing that life should be lived in such a way that your statements become a legend.
New tweed
The legendary tweed jackets that Coco Chanel loved to wear during fittings in the studio and working on new collections took on a new life in 2020. Continuing the concept set by the designers, we rethink the classic silhouette. An elongated sleeveless jacket, complemented by a narrow belt, looks artistic and elegant.
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Coco Chanel's most famous quote. Quotes, aphorisms
The name of this woman went down in the history not only of fashion, but of the entire human civilization. At the same time, she created it for herself, both literally and figuratively. At birth she was named Gabrielle Bonheur, and the whole world knew her as Coco Chanel. Her quotes speak about the reasons for success much more eloquently than the tangible achievements themselves, familiar to everyone in the form of elegant outfits, perfumes and accessories. The statements of the owner of the fashion house are laconic, to the point and sometimes merciless, but they always accurately define her position in life and views on the art into which she turned the process of constructing a female image, taking it beyond the boundaries of ordinary tailoring and decoration. Chanel has become one of the symbols of France for all times.
A-line skirt
Rethinking the classic silhouette of an a-line skirt, we only slightly adjusted it. By changing tweed to ordinary cotton, we reduced the degree of pomposity of the “Chanel formula”, and also supplemented it with universal features. The silhouette retained its features, but became more adaptive.
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Childhood Bonheur Chanel
Coco herself in her later years subtracted a dozen years from herself, claiming that she was born on August 19, 1893, but this cute attempt to appear (and perhaps become) younger is forgivable to a genius. The same applies to the place of birth: instead of the provincial Saumur, she called the city Auvergne, which, however, is also not the most famous in France. The story of Coco Chanel began later, and while little Bonheur lived in poverty, her father (the parents were not officially married, and the mother soon died) could not feed her daughter and sent her to an orphanage at the monastery. There, all the girls were dressed the same, and perhaps it was then that the first ideas arose about who would like to wear what and how.
Earrings
Coco Chanel herself adored pearls, using them in all possible formats. We suggest slightly adjusting the designer’s preferences by focusing on trendy jewelry. Silver, marble paintings and miniature format - this is the universal formula of a fashionable accessory that remains in a secondary role.
Gabrielle Bonheur's journey began with a small hat shop located in Paris opposite the legendary Ritz Hotel. However, thanks to her understanding of how the woman of that time wanted to look, as well as the irrepressible energy that resulted in the creation of the most unexpected clothing formats, Coco Chanel became a key figure in the fashion industry of the 20th century. Her graceful styles intertwined with an updated version of elegance, transforming into trends that were so necessary for women of the post-fin de siècle (“end of the century”) period.
“End of the Century” in Coco Chanel’s version looked like a completely new, avant-garde attempt to make women not only freer, but also more self-confident. Borrowing men's styles is a fashion trick that is still a key feature of innovation among couturiers. The versatility of the styles, as well as a slight hint of luxury - this is how one can describe Chanel’s legendary idea to make women’s clothing more comfortable and adaptable in one phrase.
Singer Coco
Having reached adulthood, the girl decided to become a singer, but she was not successful in this field. She sang the then fashionable very simple songs “Qui qu'a vu Coco” (who saw Coco?) and “Ko Ko Ri Ko” (Ku-ka-re-ku) and took a pseudonym that was consonant with the words that sounded like a refrain in the verses. Despite her weak vocal abilities, Coco attracted the attention of officer Etienne Balzan, who (like many now) apparently looked at the stage more than listened. Thus began her adult life. Balzan was generous and saw in his young beloved not only a lovely girl, but also a personality requiring fulfillment. He bought her a small workshop. The girl turned out to be a capable and talented needlewoman.
The hats that the craftswoman offered to buyers turned out to be successful, they were willingly bought, and soon the moment of complete financial independence arrived. Boner left her landlord and lived independently, although not alone, having taken on a new lover - Arthur Capel, a wealthy industrialist. Coco Chanel's statement that the highest form of generosity is forgiveness of ingratitude most likely refers to this period of her biography and is based, like many others, on personal experience.
The address “rue Cambon, no. 31, Paris” still means the place where the Chanel store is located, where it was opened in 1910, becoming the first in the empire being created. At first the main product was only hats for ladies, but later the range expanded.
Perfume as part of the image
In 1921, Chanel No. 5 perfume appeared. Two conclusions could be drawn from the title: firstly, about the authorship of the fashion designer, and secondly, about the possible existence of other numbers. Both would be a mistake. The aromatic composition was invented by Ernest Beaux, an emigrant from Russia, an ethnic Frenchman, and he offered the owner of the fashion house as many as 24 options, divided into two series and numbered. Madame Chanel chose the fifth bottle, hence the world-famous brand (by the way, the number “5” has always been Chanel’s lucky number). By this time, she had already formed an idea of the unity of style, an indispensable attribute of which was aroma. Coco Chanel's statement about the excessive self-confidence of women who neglect this “weapon” is widely known, as is the trail that accompanies the image and is left even after leaving. Properly selected perfume, in her opinion, is far from the last, but sometimes of paramount importance.
Thirties
Coco Chanel believed that fashionable things simply had to be comfortable. The image they create must form a single composition with its other elements, such as hairstyle, shoes, accessories and, of course, fragrance. But these ideas, revolutionary at the time, had yet to gain public recognition. With the light hand of a genius, clothes that were not previously worn by rich people fell into the category of fashionable. Chanel promoted short haircuts and trousers. What is also characteristic is what Coco Chanel said about beauty in the thirties:
- An ugly woman is just lazy.
- Living things are never ugly.
- At 20, the face is given by nature, at 30 it is sculpted by life, and at 50 it is what is deserved.
“If there is no real woman in the dress, then there is no dress either.”
Glitter and nothing more!
Here is another version of a shiny manicure in the Chanel style. Please note that in this case the abundance of sparkles does not look vulgar or tasteless.
This perception is due to the fact that the lower part of the nails is decorated in a dark burgundy gel polish color. The logo and decorative ribbon are also made in the same color as the sparkles.
About men
Women buy fashionable things, but they are not the ones who truly appreciate them, Coco Chanel understood this very well. She talked a lot about men and showed remarkable knowledge of the subject. These statements sometimes cause protests from feminists (for example, identifying men with God), but they are not always flattering towards the stronger sex. The aphorisms are rather objective and have a practical meaning, because if there were no men in the world, then women would stop dressing, and fashion houses would lose their profits. In addition, Chanel also has phrases of a more general nature, which contain both humor and irony:
- For a man, a woman is only a means, and his goal is sex.
“There are no ugly men, but there shouldn’t be beautiful ones.”
“Even with a huge shortage of men, you shouldn’t choose freaks.”
“Only those who are capable of action are doomed to reciprocity.”
- A man does not think about the future before marriage, and a woman after it.
- A man can afford to be funny, but only if he is a genius.
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About women
Coco Chanel's statements about women are directly related to the relationship between them and men. She tries to motivate her desire to instill taste with the practical benefits that a sense of proportion brings.
— You shouldn’t dress too extravagantly, it scares men away.
- A woman needs beauty to be loved by men, and stupidity - to reciprocate.
— A woman must earn her age.
“The better a woman is dressed, the closer she is to nudity.”
— The excessive originality of the costume evokes associations with a masquerade.
- There is no need to envy men, women have everything, and besides, so do the men themselves.
“I tried so hard to sew clothes for women, but now they walk around almost naked.”
Coco Chanel’s words that, having lost a beloved man, a woman loses everything, betrays her romantic nature. She really believed that all other novels in a person’s life are just throwing around in search of the shadow of the most important feeling.
- Love is expensive, it is paid for in installments, and long after it has passed.
“Fate has no reason to bring people together without a reason.”
“A woman is either loved or not, but she doesn’t have any “friends.”
“Only those who are different from others remain irreplaceable.”
— Adoration is the most important science.
— Love is protection from old age.
“A woman can be a caterpillar during the day, but she must turn into a butterfly at night.”
- To get the best from love, you need to engage in it.
If you try to determine the purpose of life of this undoubtedly great woman, you can come to the conclusion that she, as a true artist, tried to make the world more beautiful. However, one can judge what she was striving for not only by tangible results, but also by the thoughts she expressed and apt definitions. Coco Chanel spoke about beauty not always in connection with fashion, clothes and products of her company. Sometimes she mentioned things that could not be purchased even for a lot of money in the best Parisian stores:
— A handsome man is the best accessory to any outfit.
“Beautiful things can go away, but beautiful things remain forever.”
— Beauty is a combination of convenience and love.
- A woman is stupid if she is ugly.
- There is only one chance to make a first good impression.
— Beauty begins with the soul and heart, without them no cosmetics will help.
Every statement by Coco Chanel exposes her imperious and self-loving character, which, however, is not alien to some self-irony. She considers Saint Laurent's taste amazing and almost impeccable, especially when he imitates her style.
“A man cannot comprehend the secret of the hat at all.”
- Fame is loneliness.
“Weak people sometimes accidentally get advantages, and they brag about them as their own achievements.”
- You need to think about yourself, and think out loud and loudly so that everyone can hear.
“You can’t create something new all the time, otherwise you’ll never become a classic.”
“Everything is in the hands of man, so they should not give up.”
“People don’t need fashion, but its creators.”
— There are many duchesses, but Coco Chanel is one.
— The skirt was invented to cross your legs, and the armhole was designed to cross your arms over your chest.
And one more statement by Coco Chanel, revealing the secret of her success: “People around me often mocked me. The thing is that I always looked and was not like everyone else.”
