Ku characterizes French designer Coco Chanel as the "modern woman at the beach," and praises her for her promotion of fluid, easy-to-wear designs, her willingness to chuck out the "meager aesthetics" of excessive lace and embroidery, her emphasis on simplicity and her keen sense of the times.
如法國設計師香奈兒，辜振豐將之形容為「沙灘上的現代女性」，稱許她崇尚輕便自如、以儉樸為主，揚棄過度蕾絲贅繡的「貧乏美學」與敏銳的時代嗅覺，猶如「上流貴婦脫下馬甲（緊身束腹），穿起下女的衣著，輕便地走在沙灘。」