Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
L’envers vaut l’endroit
English translation:
(Look) as good inside as out
French term
Spain
My passion is your project
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
L’envers vaut l’endroit
This is a Chanel quote:
« L’envers vaut l’endroit » avait elle l’habitude d’affirmer.
It's related to her iconic jacket. I think she's referring to how the inside/wrong side of her jacket is just as good as the outside/right side. Not sure of a catchy way to put this in English though.
Thanks for your suggestions.
Proposed translations
Ireland
right word, right place. everytime
Native in: English (Variants: Irish, UK, US, Canadian) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
Looking good, inside and out
Chanel's silk linings were cut as one with fabric and quilted to it so really were beautiful.
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Note added at 21 hrs (2012-01-22 16:04:59 GMT)
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as below, following Nikki's suggestion for improvement:
Chanel (or Coco) used to say that her jackets look as good inside as out.
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Note added at 7 days (2012-01-29 17:30:26 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to have helped:-)
inside outside you can't tell the difference
Germany
45 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
inside is as good as out(side)
and the outside is just
as good as it can be for $25.
http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper4/Amsterdam NY Daily Democ...
Lebanon
Fast and reliable
Native in: English , Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic to French, and 3 more.
the inside matches the outside
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Emiliano Pantoja
2 days 13 hrs
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Thank you Emiliano!
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Ide Verhelst (X)
: Or "is in keeping with".
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Thank you Ide!
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Belize
Near Native Proficiency in Source langua
Native in: English
Works in: Portuguese to English, Dutch to English, French to English
inside and outside are equally beautiful
Gabrielle Chanel used to say that elegance meant being equally beautiful on the inside and the outside. The same could be said of clothing.
inside our out, looks good no doubt
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Note added at 1 hr (2012-01-21 19:47:28 GMT)
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***or out
the wrong side is as good as the right side
Attractive Double side(d) jacket
I'm offering you an alternative far from the original marketing term but somewhat closer to what they might say in the trade
just google it to see sites and pictures
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