Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.
-Margaret Oliphant
Quotations
Fashion
A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion.
-Coco Chanel
When a woman smiles, then her dress should smile too.
-Madeleine Vionnet
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
Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.
-Adolf Loos
Women want to wear what they do because of what goes on in their heads. Their size and shape have practically nothing to do with it.
-Elizabeth Hawes
Look to the heel, young man. The sex is in the heel.
-Anonymous
"The movie, “Kinky Boots"
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
No need for everyone to look the same.
The secret is to wear what suits you best!
-Chica Umino
"Honey and Clover”, Volume 4"
The secret to modeling is not being perfect. What one needs is a face that people can identify in a second. You have to be given what’s needed by nature, and what’s needed is to bring something new.
-Karl Lagerfeld
