Quotes About Sophistication

Know how to behave at a fine restaurant, which is a telltale measure of social maturity.

All I need is my Chanel dress, my Louboutins, and some red lipstick.

There's nothing classic about what's around now. I am a bit old-school. There are some things that are never out of fashion because they just look good. But if you want classic style these days you have to get it made.

Somebody can feel elegant without being elegant. It's a personality.

I love a cool bralette paired with a high-waisted jean, maybe with Chanel suspenders and a good platform shoe.

I was, in my own eyes, a veritable James Bond — only younger, darker, and possibly better paid.

Moira Rose Donohue

Maurice Baring's

Madame de Pompadour excelled at an art which the majority of human beings thoroughly despise because it is unprofitable and ephemeral: the art of living. Change is the greatest aphrodisiac of all.

He was waiting for me at the best table in the room, toying with a glass of white wine and listening to the pianist who was playing a piece by Granados with velvet fingers.

There is really nothing more unattractive than the sight of a young woman displaying a repulsive amount of arm.

Ah—that's the beauty of higher education, sergeant. Never use two simple words when one really complicated one will do.

elegant eighties

Simplicity, to me, has always been the essence of good taste.

Oh, this age! How tasteless and ill-bred it is.

I'd long wondered if I were really a civilized person, though I kept striving to be one. I knew that at the moment I'd said I would take care of Lorena myself, I had meant it. There was something pretty savage inside me, and I'd always controlled it. My grandmother had not raised me to be a murderess.

My mother was a beautiful lady, elegant, chic, and that was the biggest inspiration to me.

I have bursts of being a lady, but it doesn't last long.

Jackie Kennedy was the most appropriately dressed first lady we've ever had. You can see how lasting Jackie's style is.

If I'm going to dress up, I like things that are quite long and classic. I like feeling dressed up and like a lady.

My hair is always laid and always done by the best!

You really don't have to be rich to be sosy. It's just really a mentality and how you want to carry yourself. You enjoy life.

I adore the designer B. Michael's curve-flattering gowns, but there is nothing better than jeans with a crisp white shirt.

I think that when Michelle Pfeiffer goes out, she's exactly what I aspire to be - she always looks beautiful and sexy, but she never looks like she's trying to be the center of attention.