Obviously my "coolness" factor is on the upswing, as I was invited to the gala premiere movie screening of The Lifetime original movie Coco Chanel — hosted by Lifetime Television, Vidal Sassoon and The Hollywood Reporter Monday night.

I loved it! And highly recommend you tune in if you find your "cute divorced self" sitting on the couch this coming Saturday night.

Shirley MacLaine, who plays Coco in the later years of her life, was in person at the event, and was just fabulous. Barbara Bobulova, who played Coco as a younger woman was incredible.

Why is this all relevant to you?

Well, Coco Chanel's story is an incredible inspiration to any woman who has had to "make it on her own." She never married, and had regrets about that. She loved deeply, but suffered many instances of great loss. Her work became her drug of choice to cope.

Many of us know that drill.

According to Shirley MacLaine, Coco was a name borrowed from a dog in a bar. Coco's real name was Gabrielle, and her real last name was Chaznel. Coco's character had a couple of lines in the movie that really resonated; I typed the words I wanted to remember to tell you on the keypad of my silent iPhone, in the dark, during the movie without reading glasses.

When I checked back today to clarify the quote, it read "channel cinnabons."

Oh well — I'll just sum it up. When asked about where she got her strength to endure all she had along the way, Coco answered (I think), "Strength is multiplied by the number of one’s failures — I got my strength from swimming upstream against the current."

Coco's heart hardened along her love journey, while her work and her legacy blossomed.

She did, as you will see, have a great girlfriend who was by her side throughout. As we now know, girlfriends are what get you through.

Oh yeah, there's one more note in my iPhone — Shirley MacLaine wore Chanel knockoffs when she was a young jet setter because she couldn't afford the real ones.

That's a quote.

And as I always say, just because you may not be able to afford the real deal just yet, doesn’t mean you can’t look fabulous with a little tweaking.