Like poetry, fashion does not state anything. It merely suggests.
-Karl Lagerfeld
Quotations
Fashion
Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.
-Henry David Thoreau
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
...you don't have to be perfect to be pretty.
-Carson Kressley
I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern.
-Karl Lagerfeld
One should never confuse fashionable with beautiful.
-Beth Fantaskey
"Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side"
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
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
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
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?"
