Coco Chanel Quotes

Everyday is a fashion show and the world is the runway.

Coco Chanel

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• If it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a show.

  

  Samantha Bee
  • World
  • Politics
  • Show

• High fashion has become representative of stability in unstable places; that allows you to have a voice in the world stage.

  

  Hailey Gates
  • World
  • High
  • Fashion

• When I was younger, I had no interest. But after I went to Paris to see the collections for the first time a few years ago, they made a huge impression on me. I realized that fashion is an art form, like acting or painting.

  

  Camilla Belle
  • Time
  • Art
  • Fashion

• I am a fashion designer, so I guess that makes me an overpacker.

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • Fashion
  • Designer
  • Overpacker

• I did my first show in second grade. I was a munchkin in 'The Wizard of Oz.'

  

  Laura Osnes
  • First
  • Show
  • Wizard

• Music to me is so internal. It's physical and it's emotional. Whereas fashion is so much about the external that it's almost like a break. It's not inner turmoil. It's total escapism.

  

  Florence Welch Florence and the Machine
  • Music
  • Fashion
  • Emotional

• Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the other.

  

  Felix Adler
  • Love
  • Fashion
  • Expansion

• I owe my career to Latina women. I was surrounded by the amazing group: my mother, my aunts, my extended family. They didn't necessarily have access to high fashion, but they had great style and looked stunning naturally at every age.

  

  Narciso Rodriguez
  • Great
  • Women
  • Family

• Decisions are made by those who show up.

  

  Aaron Sorkin
  • Up
  • Show
  • Decisions

• Even during the golden age of fashion, you had haute couture houses where the designers didn't have money.

  

  Olivier Theyskens
  • Money
  • Age
  • Fashion

• 'Showboat' is the quintessential family show.

  

  Harold Prince
  • Family
  • Show
  • Quintessential

• The fashion industry has done itself in by neglecting the 60- to 80-year-old market. They have the time and the economic resources. They want to go shopping.

  

  Iris Apfel
  • Time
  • Done
  • Fashion

• I've always loved fashion and, of course, enjoyed my experiences walking on runways, but I love watching the shows as well! Now I understand more why it's such a big deal for the industry and why people work so hard before and during fashion weeks. It's interesting to see the same things from a different angle.

  

  Tao Okamoto
  • People
  • Work
  • Fashion

• Music is part of the life of fashion, too.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • Life
  • Music
  • Fashion

• Overall when you work in fashion, you're always in a rush. You're always a little late, always in a hurry. Every single moment's important, so you never have enough time to do what you want to do. It's ridiculous.

  

  Ines de La Fressange
  • Time
  • Work
  • Important

• I do not follow the rules of fashion, and I don't like to be considered a man of the world of fashion. I like to call it the 'style industry' because we try to work on taste.

  

  Lapo Elkann
  • World
  • Work
  • Man

• There are some people who have helped to advance me and other girls, but the fashion industry is always behind popular culture. They think they understand the zeitgeist. They don't know anything about the zeitgeist.

  

  Iman
  • People
  • Culture
  • Fashion

• Britain has the most creative, dynamic and nimble fashion industry in the world.

  

  Natalie Massenet
  • World
  • Fashion
  • Creative

• Growing up in a house of five girls, I couldn't help but glance at a fashion magazine or two.

  

  Karlie Kloss
  • Up
  • Help
  • House

• I think if you're going to show a true representation of any one life, it can't be about any one thing. I try to see more of a full picture, with the romance just a single part.

  

  Sarah Dessen
  • Life
  • Think
  • Picture

• I collect... for a long time, I collected Nike Air Max 90s, this specific shoe. And it really is nerdy, because collecting sneakers is not that nerdy, but if you don't wear them, and you keep the box fresh, if you're that fanatical about it, then you leap several categories into super-dork, and that's the way I was.

  

  Charlie Hunnam
  • Time
  • Long
  • Air

• Things end. People leave. And you know what? Life goes on. Besides, if bad things didn't happen, how would you be able to feel the good ones?

  

  Elizabeth Scott
  • People
  • Things
  • Feel

• I live a very balanced life. I am very good at delegating responsibilities.

  

  Cynthia Carroll
  • Life
  • Good
  • Live

• Everyday is a fashion show and the world is the runway.

  

  Coco Chanel
  • Fashion
  • Show
  • Runway