“Simplicity,” I said, “is true elegance. A woman is closest to being naked when she is well dressed. Her clothing should be seen only after she herself is.”
― Mademoiselle Chanel
― Mademoiselle Chanel
“I turned on my heel and left her, exasperated that even as I worked my fingers to the bone to liberate women from our cloth chains, our minds remained as closed as ever to the possibility that we might deserve more than a husband, children, and growing old cooking sausage.”
― Mademoiselle Chanel
― Mademoiselle Chanel
Monica’s 2025 Year in Books
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