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A style does not go out of style as long as it adapts itself to its period. When there is an incompatibility between the style and a certain state of mind, it is never the style that triumphs.

Coco Chanel

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Coco Chanel
Age: 87 †
Born: 1883
Born: August 19
Died: 1971
Died: January 10
Businessperson
Fashion Designer
Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel
Gabrielle Chanel
Gabrielle Chasnel
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