Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
-Margaret Oliphant
Quotations
Fashion
Fashion has two purposes: comfort and love. Beauty comes when fashion succeeds.
-Coco Chanel
My motto for fashion: If you can’t afford to make an elegant statement, make a ridiculous one.
-Stecey Jay
"Romeo Redeemed"
Art produces ugly things which frequently become more beautiful with time. Fashion, on the other hand, produces beautiful things which always become ugly with time.
-Jean Cocteau
Women want to wear what they do because of what goes on in their heads. Their size and shape have practically nothing to do with it.
-Elizabeth Hawes
It is impossible to be completely abstract about clothes because they have no life unless they are worn. They must fit onto a body or they do not exist.
-Elizabeth Hawes
"Why is a Dress?"
I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!
-Marilyn Monroe
When a woman smiles, then her dress should smile too.
-Madeleine Vionnet
The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.
-Yves Saint Laurent
Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.
-Coco Chanel
