In difficult times, fashion is always outrageous. Elsa Schiaparelli

Fashion fades, only style remains the same. Coco Chanel

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn. Orson Welles

Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.

Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality. Karl Lagerfeld

The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it. Diana Vreeland

Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life.

Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life. Bill Cunningham

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things. Jean Cocteau

Fashion is what you're offered four times a year by designers. And style is what you choose. Lauren Hutton

A costume not worn is a costume wasted.

Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman. Coco Chanel

One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.

One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress. Karl Lagerfeld

Elegance is refusal.

Elegance is refusal. Diana Vreeland

I think there is beauty in everything. What 'normal' people perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it. Alexander McQueen

I like my money right where I can see it: hanging in my closet. Carrie Bradshaw

Costumes and scenery alone will not attract audiences. Anna Held

Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance. Coco Chanel

Clothes mean nothing until someone lives in them. Marc Jacobs

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions. Coco Chanel

I don't do fashion, I am fashion. Coco Chanel

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