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
Quotations
Fashion
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
-Henry David Thoreau
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 believe in fashion. I believe in costume. Life is too short to be same person every day.
-Stephanie Perkins
"Lola and the Boy Next Door"
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
Being classy is my teenage rebellion.
-Rebecca McKinsey
I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!
-Marilyn Monroe
When a girl feels that she’s perfectly groomed and dressed she can forget that part of her. That’s charm.
-F. Scott Fitzgerald
"The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald"
To me, clothing is a form of self-expression - there are hints about who you are in what you wear.
-Mark Jacobs
Fashion is about going ahead, not about memory.
-Karl Lagerfeld
