She was born Gabrielle,
Coco Chanel,
left at a convent with her sister Adrienne
Then years go by, both sing as an aside
to daytime tailoring
Gabrielle, le Coco,
it echoed at the tip
of a revolution yet to begin
Pare down,
minimize,
choose breath over féminin every time
Don’t fall in love,
make it
instead
Don’t follow the whims,
the excitement of special attention
given by hypothetical lives
Cut, cut, trim,
re-imagine
re-define
No. 5
Chanel never married
and neither will I.
–yiqi Halloween 2009 7:23 PM
Audrey Tautou was amazing in Coco Before Chanel (Anne Fontaine, 2009). Read more about Chanel here and here.
And, just so you know, Florida took a major stomping to UGA, winning 41 to 17.
