A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion.
-Coco Chanel
Quotations
Fashion
I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!
-Marilyn Monroe
I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern.
-Karl Lagerfeld
I love new clothes. If everyone could just wear new clothes everyday, I reckon depression wouldn’t exist anymore.
-Sophie Kinsella
"Confessions of a Shopaholic"
Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.
-Coco Chanel
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
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
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
-Yves Saint Laurent
In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and even clothes, the discussion of fur is childish.
-Karl Lagerfeld
Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
-Margaret Oliphant
