Quotes About Elegance

They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes.

We were emerging from the period of war, of uniforms, of women-soldiers built like boxers. I drew women-flowers, soft shoulders, fine waists like liana and wide skirts like corolla.

Stars wide of belt often cultivated a gentlemanly grandeur, a groomed refinement that filtered through their fingertips - the dainty fidgets of Hardy's plump digits, Orson Welles performing magic tricks with nimble dexterity, Jackie Gleason lofting a teacup to his lips as if he were Lady Bracknell - or through a fine set of twinkle-toes.

'The Good Wife' was so unbelievably luxurious to step into.

Listen, even if you go wild, I like class. Everybody in show business never should forget that there is a line, and that you should have class.

I never go wild with nails.

High heels are like a beauty lift. In a flat, you can feel beautiful, but a stiletto changes your mood, how you move - like a wild, beautiful animal. The idea was always to follow a woman's wardrobe, her desires.

My motto is to go wild on the accessories - the belts, the hair clips, the jewelery.

A pocket square must always - always - be white and a bit wild. If it is too prepared, it is tacky.

I tend to like the most basic pieces with the perfect fit and fabric, like a simple tank.

I tend to like to make my statements more in fashion than in beauty, because what I normally respond to is when someone looks really effortless and deconstructed, beauty-wise, and they're fashion is really grand. Someone like Kate Moss is a great example.

I actually don't shop very much. I have a tendency to rotate a few pairs of ripped jeans and an old cashmere sweater.

The taste of people with large bank accounts tends not to be on the cutting edge.

Designer Marc Jacobs ended his sixteen-year tenure at Louis Vuitton with a spring 2014 collection that celebrated fashion in its purest and least complicated form - as majestic, superficial beauty.

With a brand like Gucci, you have to give something that belongs to beautiful Italian culture in terms of craftsmanship and materials.

I love high tea, but I think it's very repetitive in terms of what's on the stand.

The Coke bottle is a masterpiece of scientific, functional planning. In simpler terms, I would describe the bottle as well thought out, logical, sparing of material and pleasant to look at.

I never thought of Kim Basinger in terms of age. For me she embodies woman with her subtleties and intricacies. She's sensual and intellectually engaging, elegant with a very strong personal style.

Red lipstick aside, I firmly believe that less is more in terms of make-up.

I am very shy. When I go to a charity ball, I don't mind if people look at my sleeves. I mind terribly if I have to say something.

It's terribly easy to be well dressed. It's much more difficult to be badly dressed.

If the height of the heel is the same as the length of your foot, it starts to look wrong. And if the heel is positioned badly on the sole, you get into ballerina territory, where the body is pushed into a very strange posture. You can exaggerate the arch only so much.

Even more importantly, it's wine, food and the arts. Incorporating those three enhances the quality of life.

Leon Theremin's original designs are elegant, ingenious and effective. As electronics goes, the theremin is very simple. But there are so many subtleties hidden in the details of the design. It's like a great sonnet, or a painting, or a speech, that is perfectly done on more than one level.