I wasn’t talking about it not being Coco Chanel, but not knowing her. I didn’t knew her and found it funny because I assumed she was an important person in fashion.
It the joke was made with someone unrelated to fashion it would be worse.
Hugo Boss was a fashion icon and a literal nazi, but the joke wouldn’t work with him either. It works because it’s a bait and switch: when the girl asks “you know what Coco Chanel said…”, you’re expecting the famous “Before you leave the house, look at yourself in the mirror and take one thing off.”
I wasn’t talking about it not being Coco Chanel, but not knowing her. I didn’t knew her and found it funny because I assumed she was an important person in fashion.
It the joke was made with someone unrelated to fashion it would be worse.
Hugo Boss was a fashion icon and a literal nazi, but the joke wouldn’t work with him either. It works because it’s a bait and switch: when the girl asks “you know what Coco Chanel said…”, you’re expecting the famous “Before you leave the house, look at yourself in the mirror and take one thing off.”