Quotes About Chic

I like to dress pretty basic during the day, but with a sophisticated bohemian spin, and sometimes a little rock chic. At night I like to go glamorous.

For those who see austerity and affordability and lack of chic as vital elements of the forms of beauty that last, the betrayal of those values is here.

My father was very chic. My mum was always encouraging me. Some parents would say, 'Why don't you be a lawyer, a doctor, or something more important?' They never said that.

My trouser needs are simple: a narrow leg in a dark colour, with jean detailing.

Are you in fashion? You look like you're in fashion." "No," [Magnus] said. "I am fashion.

And then: 'Here comes your baby. Sois sage. Sois chic.' He moved slightly away and began talking to the boy next to him. And here my baby came indeed, through all that sunlight, his face flushed and his hair flying, his eyes, unbelievably, like morning stars.

My uncle, who was a little more flamboyant, always said the guy who dressed the best was Fred Astaire.

We look our best in subdued colors, sophisticated cuts, and a general air of sleek understatement.

Even on the red carpet, French celebrities keep it minimal. Think of Charlotte Gainsbourg - the look can be quite undone.

My look is attainable. Women can look like Audrey Hepburn by flipping out their hair, buying the large sunglasses, and the little sleeveless dresses.

One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.

It is true that in France, women put on less things. If they have a necklace, they don't put on earrings; if they have nail polish, they don't put on all their rings and all their bracelets.

Corduroy hits the sweet spot between jeans and slacks. They're a trouser middleman.

There was Pauline de Rothschild, who I thought was very fabulous, and Millicent Rogers, the Standard Oil heiress, very chic, very clever, very original. I admired both those women very much. And I had a great example with my mother, who was extremely chic.

I love turtlenecks; they are very chic, but I don't wear them very often because it bothers me to have something around the neck.

To complete my look, I like to add fun accessories such as a dainty necklace, bracelets and a ring.

I'm really proud of being part of that whole geek/chic, girl nerds, glasses are sexy and all of that because I think it's true. In America, I don't know about in other places, but there is this mythology about the way a woman is supposed to be and look and act and that's what makes them sexy. And I love being the alternative to that.

I'm not the girl next door.

The clothes of Courreges are so nice.

There's a great niche in the market for what I do, which is effortless style.

I like to have glasses for day and night.

Look, have whatever in your collection at home, but everybody needs a little Friday night. And really, that is Chic.

During the eighties and nineties, people wanted to be chic, elegant, bourgeois.

Black makes your life so much simpler. Everything matches black, especially black.