27 Memorable Quotes From Unforgettable Fashion Icons
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If you live your life in style, then these memorable quotes from the world's most popular runway icons will keep your passion for fashion alive.
Here are they are:
- "A little bad taste is like a nice splash of paprika. We all need a splash of bad taste—it's hearty, it's healthy, it's physical. I think we could use more of it. No taste is what I'm against." —Diana Vreeland
- "Being well dressed hasn’t much to do with having good clothes. It’s a question of good balance and good common sense.” —Oscar de la Renta
- "Elegance is elimination." —Cristóbal Balenciaga
- "Elegance is not standing out, but being remembered." —Giorgio Armani
- "Fashion is like eating, you shouldn't stick to the same menu." —Kenzo Takada
- "Fashion you can buy, but style you possess. The key to style is learning who you are, which takes years. There's no how-to roadmap to style. It's about self expression and, above all, attitude." —Iris Apfel
- "Girls do not dress for boys. They dress for themselves, and of course, each other. If girls dressed for boys, they’d just walk around naked at all times.” —Betsey Johnson
- "I always find beauty in things that are odd and imperfect, they are much more interesting." —Marc Jacobs
- "I don't do fashion. I am fashion." —Coco Chanel
- "I make clothes, women make fashion." —Azzedine Alaïa
- "I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman." —Vera Wang
- "In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different." —Coco Chanel
- "Luxury is the ease of a t-shirt in a very expensive dress." ―Karl Lagerfeld
- "Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who's wearing it." —Yves Saint Laurent
- "People will stare. Make it worth their while." —Harry Winston
- "Playing dress-up begins at age five and never truly ends." —Kate Spade
- "Shoes transform your body language and attitude. They lift you physically and emotionally.” —Christian Louboutin
- "Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak." —Rachel Zoe
- "Style is the only thing you can’t buy. It’s not in a shopping bag, a label, or a price tag. It’s something reflected from our soul to the outside world—an emotion.”—Alber Elbaz
- "The best things in life are free. The second best are very expensive." —Coco Chanel
- "The hardest thing in fashion is not to be known for a logo, but to be known for a silhouette." —Giambattista Valli
- "The joy of dressing is an art." —John Galliano
- "Trendy is the last stage before tacky." —Karl Lagerfeld
- "We have this saying, Christy and I. We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day." —Linda Evangelista
- "We must never confuse elegance with snobbery." —Yves Saint Laurent
- "What’s my style is not your style, and I don’t see how you can define it. It’s something that expresses who you are in your own way.” —Iris Apfel
- "Whoever said that money can't buy happiness, simply didn't know where to go shopping." —Bo Derek
Remember these lines and you'll surely dominate your everyday runway that is life.
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