Victoria

“When Coco couldn’t squeeze herself into something one way, she simply found—or created—another way, even if she needed a sharp instrument to do it.”
― Rhonda K. Garelick, Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History

“Women hide their imperfections instead of accepting them as an added charm.”
― Coco Chanel

“Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity. Luxury is the opposite of status. It is the ability to make a living by being oneself. It is the freedom to refuse to live by habit. Luxury is liberty. Luxury is elegance.”
― Karen Karbo, The Gospel According to Coco Chanel: Life Lessons from the World's Most Elegant Woman

“Thin, androgynous, simply dressed in striped naval-uniform-style suits, or schoolboy sports clothes and blazers, the “Chanel woman” conjured the silhouette of the war’s millions of soldiers—the young men dying just out of sight of the general population.”
― Rhonda K. Garelick, Mademoiselle: Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History