Quotes About Elegance

If I was a woman, I would be dressed in the same thing for a month and just change my hat and gloves. Maybe my shoes too; yes, I see what you mean but, really, it's jewels that change an outfit.

And yes, I am fond of beauty, be it clothes, jewelry or just life. It has to be the best.

Yes, I am a lingerie model, but I have class.

If New York is a wise guy, Paris a coquette, Rome a gigolo and Berlin a wicked uncle, then London is an old lady who mutters and has the second sight. She is slightly deaf, and doesn't suffer fools gladly.

When you go to a show, Americans in New York are very proper, much more so than the French. Everything is perfect. Their hair, the nails, everything. The look. Everything is perfection.

New York ladies all look immaculate.

When I look at Deco jewelry, I see the New York skyline - the Chrysler Building.

You don't have to be naked to be sexy.

If the ride is more fly, then you must buy.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

Fashion is always of the time in which you live. It is not something standing alone. But the grand problem, the most important problem, is to rejeuvenate women. To make women look young. Then their outlook changes. They feel more joyous.

My mother always said to carry yourself with dignity and pride, and I just think Audrey Hepburn totally epitomizes that, you know? From such a young age, she was dancing ballet. There was a lot going on in her life... that was during the time of the Nazis.

If I go to an awards ceremony, I wear a suit, of course I do. I am proud to be there. If there are young kids looking at pictures of me, I want them to feel that they should long for the opportunity to go somewhere really smart and wear a beautiful suit, rather than to reject that.

Conversation didn't seem necessary when I put the accordion down and swung some young lady around the floor.

The story of my holiday decorating is if Ralph Lauren was trapped in a 1950s Woolworth, this is what it would look like.

Louis Armstrong, who learned to be in exquisite dress, came from the bottom, and he's not a trash can.

Travelling is hard, but travelling and still having style is even harder.

I grew up in an era where an orchestra was like a treasure chest.

A cravat has to be approached with consummate self-confidence and a devilish nonchalance. A cravat has to be grasped by a man who knows how to treat a cravat.

To me, the art of music is magnificent, and I cannot bear to see it treated in a shabby way.

I like to be treated as a lady.

You have to deal with the fashion egos. You know, there is a lot. It shouldn't be treated that seriously because fashion is only making dresses to make women look beautiful. We're not inventing anything new.

Good asparagus needs minimal treatment and is best eaten with few other ingredients.

I don't care how many beauty treatments you have, I don't care which bag you're carrying - you have to have a dress.