“Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.”

“Saint Laurent has excellent taste. The more he copies me, the better taste he displays. - Coco Chanel”

“Everyone marries the Duke of Westminster. There are a lot of duchesses, but only one Coco Chanel.”

“I don't do fashion, i am fashion”

“A double bed can seem awfully small if your'e sharing it with someone you don't love." -Misia ― Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky”

“Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.”

“Coco Chanel used to talk about wearing more than one string of pearls. Why wear one if you can wear two, or something to that effect. I think that one string of pearls is just fine. But that's because my pearls are black, hers were white.”

“Costume jewelry is not made to give women an aura of wealth,but to make them beautifu”

“A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion”

“Elegance comes from being as beautiful inside as outside.”

“Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics”