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Quotes About Sophistication

I admire American women because they are really good at putting a look together that is sophisticated. As British girls, we lean toward being a bit more messy, a bit more undone, and maybe a little more eccentric.
~ Alexa Chung
Britain is undoubtedly becoming more cultural. No question of it. People who say it is dumbing down simply don't look around enough. They don't know enough.
~ Melvyn Bragg
Peace first, sophistication later. Harmony first, luxury later.
~ Abhijit Naskar
It is better to be accepted by the bright few than by the dull masses.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Perfume is the indispensable complement to the personality of women, the finishing touch on a dress.
~ Christian Dior
Mercedes Benz : A mechanical device that increases sexual arousal in women.
~ P. J. O'Rourke
My look is attainable. Women can look like Audrey Hepburn by flipping out their hair, buying the large sunglasses, and the little sleeveless dresses.
~ Audrey Hepburn
One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.
~ Karl Lagerfeld
There is a real vulgarity in the way women dress at the moment. They show off too much and try too hard. They don't understand where the line is between sexy and vulgar. I know where that line is.
~ Roberto Cavalli
The cello is like a beautiful woman who has not grown older, but younger with time, more slender, more supple, more graceful.
~ Pablo Casals
What a women reads makes her more attractive and more elegant than what she wears.
~ Carine Roitfeld
I don't like women who follow fashion in the sense of becoming victims of it. I like women who have elegance, who have allure, who use fashion, rather than the other way around.
~ Giorgio Armani
Champagne is the only wine that enhances a woman's beauty.
~ Madame de Pompadour
Really good shoes have to seduce both men and women.
~ Christian Louboutin
A women needs ropes and ropes of pearls.
~ Coco Chanel
She wore her sexuality with an older woman's ease, and not like an awkward purse, never knowing how to hold it, where to hang it, or when to just put it down.
~ Zadie Smith
It's certain that fine women eat A crazy salad with their meat.
~ William Butler Yeats
Do as the beautiful woman: see to your figure and your petticoats. Though, of course, I am not speaking literally.
~ Jean Cocteau
You gotta have a pocket square, I think.
~ Ric Flair
I've always wanted to live somewhere extremely nice like Sloane Square... although that would probably be too nice for me.
~ Zawe Ashton
No matter how irrelevant social class now is, even the most eager egalitarian must be quietly proud that the posh English rose is still an industry standard for peerlessly sophisticated beauty.
~ Kate Reardon
There was Pauline de Rothschild, who I thought was very fabulous, and Millicent Rogers, the Standard Oil heiress, very chic, very clever, very original. I admired both those women very much. And I had a great example with my mother, who was extremely chic.
~ Iris Apfel
Polo is a quintessentially English sport. It stands for quality and sophistication and is recognised all over the world as such.
~ David Lauren
Wine has been with civilized man from the beginning.
~ Robert Mondavi