Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.
-Coco Chanel
Quotations
Fashion
I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot!
-Marilyn Monroe
Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.
-Adolf Loos
Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.
-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
Fashion and music are the same, because music express its period too.
-Karl Lagerfeld
I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern.
-Karl Lagerfeld
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?"
There's nothing interesting about looking perfect—you lose the point. You want what you're wearing to say something about you, about who you are.
-Emma Watson
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
-Yves Saint Laurent
