Fashion
Quotes - One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art
“Never
use the word “cheap”. Today everybody can look chic in inexpensive clothes (the
rich buy them too). There is good clothing design on every level today. You can
be the chicest thing in the world in a T-shirt and jeans — it’s up to you.”
―
Karl Lagerfeld
“We
live in a dark and romantic and quite tragic world.”
―
Karl Lagerfeld
“Fashions
fade, style is eternal.”
―
Yves Saint Laurent
“Create
your own style… let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.”
―
Anna Wintour
“Mistrust
all enterprises that require new clothes.”
―
E.M. Forster, A Room with a View
“[how
can anyone] be silly enough to think himself better than other people, because
his clothes are made of finer woolen thread than theirs. After all, those fine
clothes were once worn by a sheep, and they never turned it into anything
better than a sheep.”
―
Thomas More, Utopia
“It’s
always about timing. If it’s too soon, no one understands. If it’s too late,
everyone’s forgotten.”
―
Anna Wintour
“Sweatpants
are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some
sweatpants.”
―
Karl Lagerfeld
“I’m
very much down to earth, just not this earth.”
―
Karl Lagerfeld
“Fashion
has two purposes: comfort and love. Beauty comes when fashion succeeds.”
―
Coco Chanel
“The
loner who looks fabulous is one of the most vulnerable loners of all.”
―
Anneli Rufus, Party of One: The Loner's Manifesto
“There
is one other reason for dressing well, namely that dogs respect it, and will
not attack you in good clothes.”
―
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Consider
the fact that maybe…just maybe…beauty and worth aren’t found in a makeup
bottle, or a salon-fresh hairstyle, or a fabulous outfit. Maybe our sparkle
comes from somewhere deeper inside, somewhere so pure and authentic and REAL,
it doesn’t need gloss or polish or glitter to shine.”
―
Mandy Hale, The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing
Singleness with Confidence
“Fashion
is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.”
―
Karl Lagerfeld
“One
should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.”
―
Oscar Wilde
“Fine
clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool”
―
Aesop, Aesop's Fables
“Speed
eliminates all doubt. Am I smart enough? Will people like me? Do I really look
all right in this plastic jumpsuit?”
―
David Sedaris
“Sometimes
I can't figure designers out. It's as if they flunked human anatomy.”
―
Erma Bombeck
“As
she always did on any really important day, Penelope Hayes wore red.”
―
Anna Godbersen, The Luxe
“I
like to reinvent myself — it’s part of my job.”
―
Karl Lagerfeld
“Where's
the man that could ease a heart like a satin gown?”
―
Dorothy Parker
“Whoever
said that money can't buy happiness, simply didn't know where to go shopping”
― Bo
Derek
“I'd
wear any of my private attire for the world to see. But I would rather have an
open flesh wound than ever wear a band aid in public.”
―
Lady Gaga
“We
need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates fashion. It’s like
hunger and thirst — you need them both.”
―
Karl Lagerfeld
“What
do women want? Shoes.”
―
Mimi Pond
“Breckin
shrugs. “I’m new here. And if you haven’t deducted from my impeccable fashion
sense, I think it’s safe to say that I’m…” he leans forward and cups his hand
to his mouth in secrecy. “Mormon,” he whispers.”
―
Colleen Hoover, Hopeless
“Although
golf was originally restricted to wealthy, overweight Protestants, today it's
open to anybody who owns hideous clothing.”
―
Dave Barry
“It
was my friend Frank, a writer in San Francisco, who finally set me straight.
When asked about my new look he put down his fork and stared at me for a few
moments. "A bow tie announces to the world you can no longer get an
erection.”
―
David Sedaris
“When
perception, thoughtfulness and understanding do meet, we can fashion a range of
viable expectations and craft a world of togetherness. ("Morning
after")”
―
Erik Pevernagie