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Coco Chanel
Geburtstag: 19. August 1883
Todesdatum: 10. Januar 1971
Andere Namen: Coco Chanelová
Gabrielle „Coco“ Chanel war eine international bekannte französische Modedesignerin und Unternehmerin.
Coco Chanel gründete Anfang der 1910er Jahre das Modeimperium Chanel und gilt als herausragende Persönlichkeit der Modegeschichte. Sie wurde aufgrund ihres Einflusses auf die Welt der Mode, insbesondere die Haute Couture, 1999 als einzige Person ihrer Berufsgruppe auf der von der US-Zeitschrift Time veröffentlichten Liste der 100 einflussreichsten Personen des 20. Jahrhunderts aufgeführt.
Ab 1913 war sie Wegbereiterin einer damals nahezu revolutionären, funktionellen Damenmode mit wadenlangem Rock oder luftiger Hose, lose gegürtetem Oberteil und Kurzhaarschnitt für selbstbewusste, moderne Frauen. In den 1920er Jahren kreierte Coco Chanel das „kleine Schwarze“, das noch immer einen Klassiker in der Damenmode darstellt. 1922 brachte sie das Parfüm Chanel Nº 5 auf den Markt, das als meistverkauftes der Welt gilt. Ab Mitte der 1950er Jahre wurde ihr Chanel-Kostüm mit einem losen, meist bordierten Tweed-Jäckchen und einem ausgestellten Rock weltbekannt.
Coco Chanels Vermächtnis, das weltweit tätige Unternehmen Chanel, gehört mit einem Jahresumsatz von mehr als sechs Milliarden US-Dollar zu den größten und bedeutendsten in der Modebranche. Wikipedia
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„In 1919 I woke up famous. I'd never guessed it. If I'd known I was famous, I'd have stolen away and wept. I was stupid. I was supposed to be intelligent. I was sensitive and very dumb.“
As quoted in Coco Chanel : Her Life, Her Secrets (1971), p. 95
In 1919 I woke up famous and with a new friend who was to give its full meaning to my success.
Statement to Salvador Dalí, about herself and her friendship with Misia Sert, as quoted in The Persistence of Memory : A Biography of Dali (1992) by Meredith Etherington-Smith
„Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.“
As quoted in You've Got Style : Your Personal Guide for Relating to Others (2000) by Robert Rohm , p. 29
Variante: Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.
„The best colour in the whole world is the one that looks good on you.“
As quoted in Beauty in Bloom : A Collection of Beautiful Inspirations (2009) by Natalie Bloom, p. 23
„Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable.“
As quoted in Believing in Ourselves (1992) by Armand Eisen, p. 15
„I was a rebellious child, a rebellious lover, a rebellious couturière — a real devil.“
As quoted in Paris, Paris : Journey Into the City of Light (2005) by David Downie, p. 93
„A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.“
As quoted in The Gospel According to Coco Chanel : Life Lessons from the World's Most Elegant Woman (2009) by Karen Karbo
„Youth is something very new: Twenty years ago no one mentioned it.“
As quoted in Coco Chanel : Her Life, Her Secrets (1971)
„I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.“
As quoted in Chanel (1987) by Jean Leymarie
Kontext: 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.
„Fashion is architecture. It is a matter of proportions.“
As quoted in Coco Chanel : Her Life, Her Secrets (1971) by Marcel Haedrich
„Nothing is ugly as long as it is alive.“
As quoted in Coco Chanel : Her Life, Her Secrets (1971) by Marcel Haedrich
„The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.“
As quoted in Believing in Ourselves (1992) by Armand Eisen, p. 39
„In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.“
As quoted in Coco Chanel : Her Life, Her Secrets (1971) by Marcel Haedrich
„He will soon be claiming that the Resistance has liberated the world“
On Charles De Gaulle from the 1944 interview with, the then MI6 agent, Malcolm Muggeridge. Read the full interview here http://www.chanel-muggeridge.co.uk/the-1944-chanel-muggeridge-interview/.
