A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion.
-Coco Chanel
Quotations
Fashion
Fashion has the power to magically transform you;
when you look good, you feel good.
-Dana Maulana
Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
-Margaret Oliphant
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
Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
-Oscar Wilde
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?"
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
Fashion is about going ahead, not about memory.
-Karl Lagerfeld
Fashion has two purposes: comfort and love. Beauty comes when fashion succeeds.
-Coco Chanel
