Quotes About Elegance

She was all rose and honey.

Her love was of the lily variety

Mlle Larivière bat alsbald Ada, sie zu einem abgelegenen Plätzchen zu begleiten. Dort nun stand die vollständig angezogene Dame in ihrem voluminösen Kleid, das seinen stattlichen Faltenwurf zwar beibehielt, aber offenbar um einen Zoll länger geworden war, so daß ihre Prünellenschuhe verdeckt wurden, stocksteif über einem verborgenen Platzregen und kehrte im nächsten Moment zu ihrer normalen Größe zurück. [...]

She wore poetry.

There just aren't enough o's in the word smooth for me, are there?

The rich, like well brought up children, are meant to be seen, not heard.

Mrs Penn Montague, who spoke six languages, rose every day at four in the afternoon.

Although God and His promise of a better life hereafter may have been dismissed by Kramer as just another false comfort, the muscular directness of his writing, its spontaneous spoken-ness, its proud discomfort, its inelegant elegance, are Jewish tropes.

Fancy Restaurant: one that serves cold soup on purpose.

Gorgeous' you say in English and he likes that word tasting it like wine.

An autumn breeze, a string of words, a star-filled sky— all are poetry.

He came down the nave, walking with his graceful stride, dangerous and tear-stained.

etiquette rule that dictated a woman should put on all the jewelry she intends to wear, then remove one piece before leaving the house. Maybe two pieces, in his case.

August passed like a dancer, graceful and sweating.

You need to put on a pretty dress and have Corinne arrange your hair... and don't forget to bring your mind. --Julie de Bercy

I'm obsessed with the 1920s, everything from the style to the lifestyle. It was a really cool era.

I'd love to design bridal dresses.

Gentlemen do so appreciate a nicely trimmed décolletage.

Elizabeth sat for a portrait designed to capture the grandeur of the occasion. In the painting

You are the crowing glory. Remember your splendor.

Dressing is a way of life. It brings you joy. It can give you freedom and liberation, help you to find yourself and to move without restraint. Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing?

I have always believed that fashion was not made only to make women more beautiful, but also to reassure them, give them confidence.

[Fashion is] a kind of vitamin for style.

I love women. I love all the bright and attractive people and things of this world, the flame and also the moth, the dancer and the dance.