stile essenziale dalla grande personalità

English translation: classic and signature iconic style

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Italian term or phrase: stile essenziale dalla grande personalità
English translation:classic and signature iconic style
Entered by: Lara Barnett

22:12 Apr 2, 2011
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Italian term or phrase: stile essenziale dalla grande personalità
This comes from a paragraph reading:

"Tutto avviene per caso. Sotto il segno di una personalità decisa e trasgressiva, Coco si libera degli stereotipi dell’abbigliamento sovraccarico e ingombrante dell’epoca. Da queste sue scelte nascono i pezzi base di uno stile essenziale dalla grande personalità."

I know that this sentence is talking about the basic essentials of fashion/style, but I still feel a bit lost about the specific meaning of what it is saying and don't understand this final term.
Lara Barnett
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:44
classic and signature iconic style
Explanation:
Basically Chanel known for uncluttered styles that became classics (like the little black dress or suit). But her designs are instantly recognisable "signature" and are also iconic =personality/celebrity



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Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel once said that, "Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance." This one statement eloquently sums up the philosophy of the ...
hubpages.com/hub/Life-And-Style-Of-Coco-Chanel - Cached - Similar

Attributed to Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (French, 1883–1971) .... A Style Icon Chanel's own lifestyle fueled her ideas of how modern women everywhere should ...
www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/chnl/hd_chnl.htm - Cached - Similar


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"groundbreaking" other word that could be used

5 May 2005 ... Images from a retrospective in New York highlighting the groundbreaking designs of fashion icon Coco Chanel.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4518183.stm - Cached - Similar


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The little black dress, the tweed suit, the quilted leather handbag, and the first-ever designer perfume—these are just some of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel's ...
www.style.com/fashionshows/.../CHANEL/seasons/ - Cached - Similar


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Summary of answers provided
4 +1Minimalist style with a strong personality
Dr Lofthouse
4a simple style with a strong personality
Tom in London
4classic and signature iconic style
Yvonne Gallagher
3a style that was striking in its simplicity
Ernestine Shargool


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Minimalist style with a strong personality


Explanation:
Coco Chanel's designs were very simple , BUT you knew they were Chanel's. She had 'Brand' - as they say

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a simple style with a strong personality


Explanation:
another option.

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a style that was striking in its simplicity


Explanation:
This interesting article compares the Japanese house of a Chanel executive with the Chanel style:

He suggests that the house and hanare are very much in line with the spirit of the French brand.
The interior of the main house is decorated in two basic colors, white and a dark brown, and is striking in its simplicity. Collasse said that on a visit to the house, a top executive at Chanel said, "Richard, it is a Chanel house." "And it is true, if you think of the No. 5 package: it is black and white," he said, referring to the perfume box.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/09/realestate/09iht-web-recha...


Chloe Outlet | Page 2
Yes, it's spare and clean and striking in its simplicity – but it would make ... To me, Philo is the closest thing my generation will have to Coco Chanel. ...
chloeoutlet.org/page/2/ - Cached

Ernestine Shargool
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classic and signature iconic style


Explanation:
Basically Chanel known for uncluttered styles that became classics (like the little black dress or suit). But her designs are instantly recognisable "signature" and are also iconic =personality/celebrity



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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-04-03 00:32:11 GMT)
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Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel once said that, "Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance." This one statement eloquently sums up the philosophy of the ...
hubpages.com/hub/Life-And-Style-Of-Coco-Chanel - Cached - Similar

Attributed to Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (French, 1883–1971) .... A Style Icon Chanel's own lifestyle fueled her ideas of how modern women everywhere should ...
www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/chnl/hd_chnl.htm - Cached - Similar


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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-04-03 00:34:28 GMT)
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"groundbreaking" other word that could be used

5 May 2005 ... Images from a retrospective in New York highlighting the groundbreaking designs of fashion icon Coco Chanel.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/4518183.stm - Cached - Similar


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Note added at 2 hrs (2011-04-03 00:35:21 GMT)
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The little black dress, the tweed suit, the quilted leather handbag, and the first-ever designer perfume—these are just some of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel's ...
www.style.com/fashionshows/.../CHANEL/seasons/ - Cached - Similar


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Note added at 1 day1 hr (2011-04-03 23:32:46 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to help

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 11:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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