the Augustinian Girl

COCO CHANEL

Coco Chanel Quotations: 'How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone.'

'Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.'

'A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion.'

'Elegance is refusal.'

'I don't understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little - if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that's the day she has a date with destiny. And it's best to be as pretty as possible for destiny.'

'Legend is the consecration of celebrity.'

Chanel J12 Diamonds Ladies Date Quartz Ceramic H1628 (I always want to have)

Well, im sure all the people around the world know the brand CHANEL---the bags, the watches, the fragrance etc ...and i am one of its fans even i dont even have one Chanel bag yet lol...So ya, i love Chanel and the Augustinian gal Coco Chanel...

Coco Chanel was a pioneer of modernist design and the mother of such creations as the little black dress, bell bottoms, and the Chanel suit. Born out of wedlock on August 19, 1893 Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel was left in the care of nuns in the Aubezine monastery at the age of twelve following her mother's death from tuberculosis. It was there that she was taught the trade of a seamstress, a skill that would prove to be her ticket out of poverty.

After serving an apprenticeship in a tailor shop Chanel opened her own millinery shop with the help of French playboy, Arthur Capel. Her simple hats were soon popular with the public and the Chanel empire had begun. Her reign as a leading designer would survive even her affair with a Nazi officer during WWII.

Her influence on haute couture was such that she was the only person in the filed to be named on Time magazine's 100 most influential people of the 20th century.


Chanel came out with her first signature fragrance, Chanel No. 5, in 1921. The perfume was the first to have a designer's name attached to it, and it has enjoyed tremendous success since its introduction. In this way, Chanel set the standard for successive designers to do the same.