Life is never what it seems - and that’s the great thing about it

It is true that in France, women put on less things. If they have a necklace, they don't put on earrings; if they have nail polish, they don't put on all their rings and all their bracelets.

Matching shoes and bags immediately age you by 10 years.

Buying a matching blouse and skirt from the same store is a crime. A clever mix of chic and cheap hits the jackpot. Know how to mix styles and labels.

I would love to live in India or in the South of France, but Roger Vivier doesn't have offices yet in New Delhi or Jaipur.

Even if you live in a tiny village, there's an Internet site. It's quite easy to find clothes, but sometimes women don't know how to mix them.

You can go out and hate everybody, hate your age, and hate all the things you don't have but it will show; you have the face you deserve.

People imagine I am always in a Bentley with pearls and diamonds and black glasses and Karl Lagerfeld next to me.

If you don't feel comfortable in a plunging sweater, skin-tight jeans and killer heels, go home and change.

One thing Della Valle taught me is the power to say no if something isn't right. That mattered even over sales.

The secret of great style is to feel good in what you wear

Well, yeah, " Dovey said. "That's America. We watch shows about rich people's houses and their designer dresses and we drool. It's patriotic.

We have too many sounding words and too few actions that correspond with them.

In the case of Tori Spelling, there were two apology emails.

John was in constant need of proof of love and security and he was constantly testing people for that proof.

Quite often, ambition operates on a level of irritation. Not even jealousy, just irritation.

I need to go where I'm not comfortable. I think that's the artist's job.

We are permitted to suppose that the relatively small size of the female brain depends in part upon her physical inferiority and in part upon her intellectual inferiority.

To achieve happiness I advocate four major principles, the principles of love, wisdom, self-reflection, and progress.

No nation is drunken where wine is cheap, and none sober where the dearness of wine substitutes ardent spirits as the common beverage

I think love keeps on changing every day. It’s not black and white and it’s definitely more than 50 shades of grey.