A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

Often attributed to Coco Chanel, this line distills a fashion-world ideal into a neat epigram: a young woman’s public presence should combine “class” (taste, restraint, self-possession, and social polish) with “fabulousness” (glamour, confidence, and a touch of spectacle). Read charitably, it encourages cultivating both refinement and bold self-presentation rather than choosing one. Read critically, it reflects the way femininity can be framed as performance and judged by aesthetic standards, reducing a “girl” to how she appears. Its popularity likely owes more to its meme-like punch than to a traceable historical utterance.

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.
A woman should be two things: classy and fabulous.
A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.