Quotes About Elegance

There was, when I came to New York in the 1970s, no more profound or moving experience than MoMA, an almost perfect piece of 20th Century modernist expression, existing in an extraordinary balance - modestly, functionally, elegantly - with the extraordinary art it held. This place changed my life. I was transformed by every visit.

When I was a little girl, and we would visit my grandmother whenever we were in D.C., she would always greet us at the door in elegant suits or gowns with matching pearls and earrings.

I have visited a number of boutique hotels where you feel there is a little bit of self-indulgence going on.

Queen Victoria loved the French Riviera. She visited on nine occasions and did a great deal to give this area its chic international reputation.

Everything is groomed in Palm Beach...the lawns, the streets, and the shops are all pristine, particularly those on world-famous Worth Avenue, one of the most fabulous shopping streets in the universe, with outposts of Gucci, Chanel, Valentino, and Louis Vuitton enticing residents and visitors.

Almost every morning when I go to the studio to work, I discover a fresh rose in the bud vase on my dressing table... one living and vital thing in a dusty arena of powder and tissue and matches and greasepaint.

Vintage is my vocabulary... like the notes of a musician.

I love ballet. Ballet is its own being. It has its own vocabulary. I feel as if I am in a different world when I am in the ballet studio.

I like a woman who has a vocabulary larger than 'shoes' and 'handbags.' But a nice pair of legs to go in the shoes is always good, too.

I just like simplicity. I like simple songs, I like simple chords, simple vocals, simple lead guitar. I just like simplicity. That's just the way I like it.

We don't vogue, we are 'Vogue'.

When I die I want to go to Vogue.

'Vogue' is the best of everything that fashion can offer, and I think we point the way. We are, you know, a glamorous girlfriend.

People always associated me with 'Vogue,' 'Vogue Living,' or 'Elle Decor.'

I had seen the photographs of Harlem in its glory days, stylish men in bespoke suits, women so well dressed that they'd put the models in 'Vogue' to shame. I knew that Harlemites loved to dance, to pray, and to eat.

'Vogue' celebrates plenty of women of substance.

I'm always inspired by anything in 'Vogue,' anything that's been in 'Vogue.'

Eleven years at Vogue and not one party crasher, and it won't happen here either.

A superb tenor voice, like a silver trumpet muffled in silk.

Fashion isn't interesting when it comes from an uninspired place. It's like voodoo; we don't want things that are soaked in blood, sweat, and tears. I adore life, and I'm very easygoing - and it shows in my work.

Loro Piana is all about seeking quality materials.

We loved the line 'I'm a luxury... few can afford.' It still makes me smile. It's a jumper for people with a sense of style and a sense of humor.

My mom was a model, and her laid-back but put-together sensibility really rubbed off on me.

My approach has always been rather sensual.