Quotes About Elegance

James Hazen Hyde gave his $200,000 ball at Sherry's, at which the ballroom was transformed into a replica of the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles.

Horseback Dinner given in 1903 by Mr. C. K. G. Billings. For this party, also at Sherry's, the ballroom was filled with live trees and shrubs to represent a forest glade. The floor was sodded, and all about the room "blue bloods of the equine world

you could have cut a cube of her tone and dropped it in a glass of scotch to bring it down to exactly the right temperature. A little below, actually.

I used to like cufflinks, but I got too lazy for them. I realized I don't need them for a polished tailoring look, so more times than not, I skip them.

You don't always have to opt for a dress on a night out - a sequin pencil skirt can be far more chic.

As a child, I would rush to the school gates as the bell went, to be collected by my mother, Marilyn, who was always immaculately dressed in a pencil skirt and matching jacket.

I love thigh highs, heels, shorts, or a skirt.

I would have liked to invent the plain white shirt, with a skirt and pants to go with it.

I suppose I'm considered a little old fashioned, but I still believe the most flattering skirt length is just skimming the middle of the knee.

There's something about a long, high-waisted skirt and little, buttoned blouse that I really love.

With long skirts, you can really buff. People open doors for you and everything.

I'm not a risk taker. I don't do plunging necklines or really short skirts. I try to stay as classy as possible and provide a little mystery.

I love Audrey Hepburn; I love those silhouettes and T-length skirts and stuff. They're just very classy. I like to mix that look with quirkiness, kind of like how Katy Perry has that quirkiness.

I like to wear skirts long or short.

Hip-hop saved me. It gave me permission to use language in a certain way. It validated my community and my friends. It gave our slang a certain elegance.

I prefer clothes that are simple, well-cut, but with one major extravagance. Something with the sleeves, with the skirt, but nothing too fussy, too flashy.

Black is just such an easy colour to wear and always looks cool and slick.

It is always better to be slightly underdressed.

I often think that a slightly exposed shoulder emerging from a long satin nightgown packs more sex than two naked bodies in bed.

I like the things around me to be beautiful and slightly dreamy, with a feeling of worldliness.

I like doing slightly masculine, Savile Row tailoring. A nice jacket. Wearable - it's almost a dirty word in fashion, wearable, but that's what I do.

It's so nice to slip into the lap of luxury.

I'm not a fashion person, but I would describe my style as very neutral. I love a good silk slip.

I don't like to look sloppy. I'm a girly-girl.