香奈兒創始人Coco Chanel的英語勵志名言
In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different. 想要無可取代,就必須時刻與眾不同。
Fashion passes, style. remains. 時尚會過去,但風格永存。 The best colour in the whole world, is the one that looks good, on you! 最適合你的顏色,才是世界上最美的顏色。 Look for the woman in the dress. It there is no woman, there is no dress. 記得要尋找穿衣服的女人。如果完全看不到女人,衣服的意義就失去了。 Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury. 奢侈就必須舒適,否則就不是奢侈。 I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the ugliest word in our language. I stay in the game to fight it. 我愛奢侈。奢侈並不意味著貴重與裝飾華麗,奢侈就是屏除粗俗。粗俗是我們語言中最醜的一個詞。我從事設計就是為了對抗粗俗。 “Where should one use perfume?" a young woman asked. "Wherever one wants to be kissed," I said. “應該在何處擦香水?”一位少婦問我。“只要是想被親吻的地方”我如此回答。
Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman. 穿著破舊,則人們記住衣服;穿著無瑕,則人們記住衣服裡的女人。 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. 我無法理解一個女人怎麼可以毫不修飾就走出家門,哪怕出於禮貌也該打扮一下。而且,你永遠也猜不到,也許那天就是她與真命天子約會的一天。而為了自己的真命天子總是越美麗越好。 There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time. 沒有時間做一成不變的單調事。工作需要時間,愛情需要時間,就沒有時間做其他了。 A woman who doesn't wear perfume has no future. 不用香水的女人沒有未來。
Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity. 有些人認為奢侈的反義詞是貧窮。事實上不是這樣。奢侈的反義詞是粗俗。 Fashion is made to become unfashionable. 時尚創造就是為了使之過時。 Success is often achieved by those who don't know that failure is inevitable. 取得成功的人往往是不知道失敗是無可避免的那些人。 Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform. it into a door. 不要浪費時間敲一堵牆,你無法將其變做一扇門。 Innovation! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics. 創造!人不能永遠創造。我想做的是製作經典。
A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous. 每個女孩都該做到兩點:有品位並光芒四射。 香奈兒創始人簡介: Chanel品牌的創辦人Coco Chanel,原名 “Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel ” ,中文名:加布裡埃·可哥·香奈兒,
1883年出生於法國的Saumur。她6歲時母親離世,父親更丟下她和4個兄弟姐妹。自此,她由她的姨媽撫養成人,兒時入讀修女院學校 (Convent School),並在那兒學得一手針線技巧。在她二十二歲那年,即1905年,她當上“咖啡廳歌手”(Cafe singer),並起了藝名 “Coco”,在不同的歌廳和咖啡廳賣唱維生。而這樣的生活只維持了3年。在這段短暫的歌女生涯中,Coco先後結交了兩名老主顧,成為他們的情人知己,一名是英國工業家,
另一名是富有的軍官。