Quotes About Elegance

A trick for looking taller is to wear a top and pants in the same color family - and to hide heels underneath the pants!

I love dresses that just skim the body, that suggest what's underneath rather than display it.

Gracefulness is to the body what understanding is to the mind.

Stella McCartney, not only is she a designer, she is a mother of four, and she lives for practicality. She understands what a woman needs to wear to work and what a woman needs to wear when it's time to go out and put on the Ritz!

Glamour to me is about remaining graceful and understated.

I don't believe in being loud. I find that stupid. Understated things work much better.

On screen you have to look elegant, understated and appropriate, and I used to spend masses on designer stuff, but now I get everything in Zara.

I wear what I feel most comfortable in. I love black and grey. I like colour as long as it's understated.

I've always gone for the more understated look.

Hugh Grant does a great job with his style. Somehow understated yet timeless and seems to get it. He does it on and off camera.

The Stockholm street style is distinctive, with ensembles that exemplify the city's understated elegance.

Personally, I wear a lot of my mother-in-law's chiffons and my mother's silk. But when I buy saris for myself, then they have to be understated.

Whether you are sixteen or over sixty, remember, understatement is the rule of a fine makeup artist.

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

I admire American women because they are really good at putting a look together that is sophisticated. As British girls, we lean toward being a bit more messy, a bit more undone, and maybe a little more eccentric.

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

I like to undress women - not to dress them. You know, like Manet's 'Olympia' or Helmut Newton's photographs - naked women with shoes. This is what I am trying to do.

The best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected.

I like feminine suits with unexpected details.

True icons are larger than life, unforgettable with an elegance that's mesmerizingly timeless.

Al was cruel, vindictive, angry, elegant, powerful. He gave me strength, he gave me wisdom, not only about magic, but about myself. He was a lot like Trent, only harsher around the edges.

I have admired Melissa Pritchard's writing for several years now for its wisdom, its humble elegance, and its earthy comedy.

Beauty lies in simplicity.

The ocean does not lose its splendor because it lost a few drops.