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No one had a better sense of luxury than Coco Chanel, She really had the spirit of the 20th Century.

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Diana Vreeland
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 29
Died: 1989
Died: August 2
Editor
Fashion Editor
Journalist
Socialite
Paris
France
D. V. Vreeland
Diana Vreland
Century
Sense
Spirit
Better
Really
Coco
Chanel
Luxury

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You don't have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive.
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Where Chanel came from in France is anyone’s guess. She said one thing one day and another thing the next. She was a peasant—and a genius. Peasants and geniuses are the only people who count and she was both.
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I went to work to make money, not because I was bored. It was money that I wanted.
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All my life I've pursued the perfect red.
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Before even the technique, there is a dream. Chanel had it. The dream is everything.
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All my life I’ve pursued the perfect red. I can never get painters to mix it for me. It’s exactly as if I’d said, ‘I want rococo with a spot of Gothic in it and a bit of Buddhist temple’—they have no idea what I’m talking about. About the best red is to copy the color of a child’s cap in any Renaissance portrait.
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I think i always had a perfectly clear view of what was possible for the public. Give'em what they never knew they wanted.
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Balenciaga often said that women did not have to be perfect or beautiful to wear his clothes. When they wore his clothes, they became beautiful.
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Being vulgar is fine, but oh please just don't be boring.
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Too much good taste can be very boring. Independent style, on the other hand, can be very inspiring.
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I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.
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There’s only one thing in life, and that’s the continual renewal of inspiration.
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This is a weakness of the world. Someone thinks they've discovered something for the first time. They want to be authoritative about it.
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