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
When a woman smiles, then her dress should smile too.
-Madeleine Vionnet
Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.
-Quentin Crisp
I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!
-Marilyn Monroe
Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.
-Coco Chanel
Fashion and music are the same, because music express its period too.
-Karl Lagerfeld
Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
-Yves Saint Laurent
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
Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
-Margaret Oliphant
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?"
