Quotes About Elegance

Plush velvet conjures up kings and opulence.

In burgundy, a well-cut and properly tailored velvet blazer looks dashing with gray flannels and a cashmere sweater or a sleek, solid velvet tie.

Tom Ford gave me high heels for the baby. They're a little kitten heel with a velvet rope that you tie. It's like a collection piece. I have to put it on the bookshelf, framed.

A black or royal blue velvet blazer will look great with a pair of jeans and a black or navy turtleneck sweater - though it's a more casual look.

You can't explain Chanel. It's a verb.

I love Yves Saint Laurent. I love Chanel. And Versace! Such beautiful gowns!

Growing up in Versailles is like growing up in a museum, and the people living there are almost the security.

I enjoy the sari. I think it's the sexiest garment ever. It shows you the right amount, it covers the right amount, it's extremely versatile, it suits every body type, it suits every face.

I want my handbags and my shoes to be stylish but I want to make sure that they're versatile. I travel and I have to make sure the pieces I put into my bag can go with a dress or with shorts or jeans.

There's nothing I have more of in my closet than little white dresses. They're versatile and elegant, but sexy in a feminine way. And then I'll have a bit more fun with accessories - like a pair of neon sandals.

History shows that the best solutions to scientific problems are simple and elegant.

Baleen was a very pricey place that I would not have attempted on my own modest means. It has the kind of oak-paneled elegance that makes you feel the need for a cravat and spats.

It was beautiful—in a terrible sort of way, of course. But still, the arrangement was perfect, compelling, beautifully bloodless.

This man's suit has a life of its own. It sparkles with vitality and wit, and seems to glow with the same perfect health as the man wearing it. This suit is the kind of thing ambitious tailors dream of making when they hear that royalty is in town.

unpretentious mansion

Its true power lies in its simplicity.

a white headband in her curled and sprayed hair.

champagne and apricot nectar with a squeeze of lime

There was no style in nature.

Nature was beautiful, even in her tears

The camera slung around his neck...was the only complicated thing he wore.

It became an exercise to reduce and reduce, but it makes it easier to build an easier for people to work with.

I think there's a kind of elegance to it, to work within that framework where what you don't see is often more enticing.

Elizabeth Kennedy is so chic. Her gowns have such structure, I feel like a work of art.