A beautiful dress may look beautiful on a hanger, but that means nothing. It must be seen on the shoulders, with the movement of the arms, the legs, and the waist.
-Coco Chanel
Quotations
Fashion
Make up is generally there to make you look better, not make you look like you're wearing make up.
-Hadley Freeman
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
Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.
-Adolf Loos
Fashion has two purposes: comfort and love. Beauty comes when fashion succeeds.
-Coco Chanel
Today it is fashionable to talk about the poor. Unfortunately it is not fashionable to talk with them.
-Mother Teresa
My motto for fashion: If you can’t afford to make an elegant statement, make a ridiculous one.
-Stecey Jay
"Romeo Redeemed"
Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
-Margaret Oliphant
Fashion changes, but style endures.
-Coco Chanel
Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.
-Coco Chanel
