"Success is most often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable." ~ Coco Chanel
"If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing." ~ Coco Chanel
"I invented my life by taking for granted that everything I did not like would have an opposite, which I would like." ~ Coco Chanel
One of my biggest inspirations is Coco Chanel. She has not always been and in fact she was recently added to my list of people who inspire me. It happened after I watched the movie Coco Before Chanel. I absolutely fell in love with the story and began looking up her biography online. In a lot of ways she reminded me of myself which is more than likely why I have taken such interest in Chanel.
It was always the Chanel pages I would stop and examine in fashion magazines. I love the play of texture and architecture. It has a way of keeping your eyes moving through all the shapes and lines adding great proportions to the model's body. Also, I am a big sucker for black and white which are the foundations of Chanel. In fact, another one of Coco's quotes is "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." Black and white is simple and keeps people looking classy and fabulous. It is what most of my wardrobe consists of with a few pops of color.
In a way, I guess you could say Chanel has been inspiring me ever since I began looking through the pages of Vogue and glueing pictures to my school notebooks. It would be my dream to one day work for Chanel; therefore, to follow in what Coco said, it is time to sprout my wings at Iowa State University and see where I end up.
P.S. I suggest to all of you to watch the movie even if fashion is not something that interests you because the story within is inspirational.
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