Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.
-Coco Chanel
Quotations
Fashion
The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don't wear her.
-Mary Quant
Fashion has the power to magically transform you;
when you look good, you feel good.
-Syarifah Liza Mashita
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
Look to the heel, young man. The sex is in the heel.
-Anonymous
"The movie, “Kinky Boots"
To me, clothing is a form of self-expression - there are hints about who you are in what you wear.
-Mark Jacobs
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?"
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
-Henry David Thoreau
Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
-Margaret Oliphant
A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion.
-Coco Chanel
