Quoted in Coco Chanel: Her Life, Her Secrets (1971) Quotes

Context

This line was spoken by fashion icon Coco Chanel.

Born Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel, this fashion pioneer knew she needed a name as unique and different as she was, so she chose Coco.

What made her different? Raised in an orphanage, she sang, sewed, and invented fragrances and designed dresses. How many people can you apply that sentence to? Her Chanel No. 5 was also the first fragrance to have a designer's name on it. It was that special.

Coco Chanel knew she was special too, so she was quoted as saying, "In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different." There's no replacing Chanel.

Where you've heard it

You've heard this if someone is attempting to cure you of special-snowflake syndrome.

Additional Notable References:

• If every Chanel quote is made into a wall decal, doesn't that make them replaceable?

Pretentious Factor

If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.

Although individual little black dresses may come and go, the concept of the little black dress is timeless, like this quote.