Tracing Quotations
Coco Chanel? Marcel Haedrich? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: Did the famous fashion designer and style arbiter Coco Chanel say that “fashion Is architecture”? Would you please help me to find a citation showing the context? Quote Investigator: Coco Chanel died in 1971, and in that same year Marcel Haedrich authored a biography in French titled …
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Coco Chanel? Marcel Haedrich? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: A cookie created with a cookie cutter is easily replaceable, and this fact lowers its perceived value. This baking utensil is employed in a metaphorical insult targeting lack of originality, e.g., cookie-cutter clothes and cookie-cutter houses. Understandably, people like to view themselves as irreplaceable. Yet, to achieve …
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