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Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.
Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.
Approximate author period: c. 1927 AD · modern
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- Coco Chanel
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- Approximate author period: c. 1927 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1883 to 1971; Wikidata Q45661, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45661 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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