Quotes About Fashion

There are those who say clothes are frippery, jumped-.up nothingness. They're wrong. They say that style only makes you feel invincible and successful, but if it makes you feel invincible and successful, isn't that enough? Which is easier, buying clothes or becoming invincible and successful? And the bonus of feeling invincible and successful is that others think you are too.

This is so cliche, but my beauty icon would have to be Angelina Jolie. She looks like she wears natural makeup, but she's still beautiful.

lobster salad and champagne were the only things a woman should ever be seen eating.

In fact, fashion had flourished under the occupation, and a good part of the luxury industry, in one way or another, had made its peace with life under the Germans.

One thing you'll never hear boys--or for that matter, men--saying is, "Charlie, that's a good-looking shirt. Kind of a fun thing. And those trousers make your ass look nice. Can I borrow those?

Turnoffs: the word conflate and women who think a small dog in a purse is a fashion accessory.

I've never mentioned this, but when I was at Parsons teaching, the other design disciplines, they don't like fashion design. They see it as very nineteenth-century.

With fashion, you really need to understand the aspects of construction. Not just design on an iPad.

The bulky caveman boot certainly has a modern heir: Uggs. I feel they are aptly named and don't belong in this millennium, but I realize I'm in the minority on that.

Whether they come from Brooks Brothers or a thrift store, the sweaters we wear have a magnificent ancestry. Their history spans the worlds of Irish fishermen, French knights, World War I soldiers, busty Hollywood 'sweater girls,' and the television saint Mr. Rogers. That history lives in each garment. By being aware of it, we can better appreciate what we have.

In my typical way, I declined to respond, saying that I didn't want anyone to run to a store just because I endorsed a trend. Besides, a trend is good only if it works for you, your wardrobe, and your lifestyle.

But when (as will inevitably happen) mature women are again seen as sexy, it's likely that the maxi and midi will make their triumphant return as sexy garments. Fashion

Although there are few things easier than throwing on a dress, something about them communicates that you have made an effort.

You don't have to wear fur. They make such great fakes. There's no reason to kill an animal.

I'd like to have no rules and eat what I want, but I've learned over the years that I'm so disappointed when I can't wear the clothes I want to wear.

I'm a huge fur fan; it's no secret to anyone anymore.

I was always growing, so it made no sense for my mom and dad to load me up with a bunch of clothes. But I hated coming to school and feeling like a girl could be like, 'Iman's probably gon' wear this today.' So I would always have to mix and match and find a way to look different. I took a lot of pride in that.

Guys out there have no sense of how their clothes should fit.

What I don't understand is why men have decided that they like wearing hats indoors. It makes no sense to me.

The modern woman has a modern life, and most of us work. There's no time to change before we go out in the evening, so a dress should always look appropriate for day and night.

In fashion, there's huge pressure to produce results in no time. But you cannot guarantee numbers, because fashion gravitates around desire.

I'm a big fan of Kate Moss's style - no-one nails boho meets hippy chic like she does.

Chicago is not a very fashion-driven place. Nobody says, 'Oh, you've got to come see these fabulous people!' Nobody cares.

I've been embracing the red lip and just wearing it every day, not just for going out. And I get so many compliments on it. I love the Julie Hewett Rouge Noir: it's sort of a forties red.