Fashion Quotes

The schools must fashion the person, and fashion him in such a way that he simply cannot will otherwise than what you wish him to will.

It must be shown that self-seeking is out of fashion, and that the world is moving on to a larger conception of living.

It doesn't matter one damn bit whether fashion is art or not. You don't question whether an incredible chef is an artist or not-his cakes are delicious and that's all that matters.

Dressing well is a form of good manners.

I just love fashion. I think it just expresses who you are so much.

Fashion is an expression of the times. Elegance is something else again.

I started being a photographer because I liked fashion. I liked the idea of dressing up and changing my look. I got earrings, dyed my hair. I would dress like a fashion photo.

Nowadays it is the fashion to emphasize the horrors of the last war. I didn't find it so horrible. There are just as horrible things happening all round us today, if only we had eyes to see them.

Fashion goes in only one direction -forward- and I am a firm believer in thinking that way too.

The world isn't purposeful. It isn't ruled by reason. The world wants to play. Fashion queens have always aroused more interest than future generations and their fate.

Too much good taste can be very boring. Independent style, on the other hand, can be very inspiring.

British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst drawing in British heritage.

Be classy. Anything but trashy.

Fashion and music are the same, because music express its period too.

The best colour in the whole world is the one that looks good on you.

They are an essential tool to give new life to what you already have in your wardrobe. Accessories are like vitamins to fashion: you should use them liberally as such.

It would be disrespectful to take my stardom and bully my way into the fashion industry.

Disco is a major influence in the world of fashion.

Fashion somehow, for me, is purely and happily irrational.

O what pride, conforming to the world and following its fashions! Warn them, warn them for me, while you have strength and time and be faithful to your duty.

If I see a fashion show with literal influences, it doesn't make me think any more. It doesn't make me dream.

Fashion is about affordable luxury ... To succeed, designers need to be affordable, wearable, accessible, and aspirational.

My idea is always to avoid nostalgia.

I often take a brand-new suit or hat and throw it up against the wall a few times to get that stiff, square newness out of it.

Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.

The street and me is a love story. 1971 is a great date because, finally, fashion took to the street.

I like my clothes tight enough to show I'm a woman, but loose enough to show I'm a lady.

I'm interested in longevity, timelessness, style - not fashion.

Always have fun with fashion. Dress to entertain yourself.

Fashion is such an octopus. You're connected to so many people: suppliers, pattern makers, production teams, marketing teams, vendors.

Every man is his own Pygmalion, and spends his life fashioning himself. And in fashioning himself, for good or ill, he fashions the human race and its future.

Fashion anticipates ... elegance is a state of mind.

Fashion has a right to exist, because it permits the people to define themselves over and over again.

It's not what you're wearing, it's the way you wear it.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

People always ask me how long it takes to do my hair. I don’t know, I’m never there.

Ageing doesn't mean giving up on style and individuality; it doesn't mean abandoning fashion and living in comfy slippers and flannel knickers.

To me, fashion is like a mirror. It's a reflection of the times. And if it doesn't reflect the times, it's not fashion. Because people aren't gonna be wearing it.

Style is originality; fashion is fascism. The two are eternally and unalterably opposed.

The first rule that a geisha is taught, at the age of nine, is to be charming to other women...Every girl in the world should have geisha training.

The desire to impress others is one of the worst forms of mental imprisonment.

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.

The only way to stay in fashion is never be in. If you are never in fashion, you are never out of fashion.

Be yourself. It's the most important part of anything that you do. It's not fashion. It can be whatever you want to do.

I definitely think that fashion is a form of art and love that people can express themselves through what they wear.

A little bad taste is like a nice splash of paprika. We all need a splash of bad taste-it's hearty, it's healthy, it's physical. I think we could use more of it. No taste is what I'm against.

I like to think that I can introduce people to the idea of simplicity and elegance.

The whole fashion thing is so oversaturated.

I am not young but I feel young. The day I feel old, I will go to bed and stay there. J'aime la vie! I feel that to live is a wonderful thing.

You cannot design shoes if you only think about fashion; its too realistic. When I design, I dream.