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Today my article is dedicated to quotes and aphorisms about fashion and style.

Here you will find quotes from Coco Chanel, aphorisms, and sayings from Karl Lagerfeld and Miuccia Prada. In general, great professionals who were not just interested in fashion, but lived it.

Fashion changes, style is eternal. Yves Saint Laurent

The most important detail in a dress - the woman who wears it. Yves Saint Laurent

Give it to the woman the right pair shoes, and she will conquer the world. Marilyn Monroe

Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping. Bo Derek

Elegance is the only beauty that never fades. Audrey Hepburn

Having become general, fashion outlives itself. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

I like being a woman, even in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear trousers. Whitney Houston

Money should be where it can be seen, namely in wardrobe! Carrie Bradshaw

The hardest thing in fashion is to be known not for your logo, but for your style. Giambatista Valli

If you can't be better than your competitors, at least dress better. Anna Wintour

Fashionable women wear clothes, not the other way around. Marie Quant

Women don't dress for men. They dress for themselves and for each other. If women dressed for men, they would just walk around naked all the time. Betsey Johnson

Fashion is what designers offer you 4 times a year. And style is what you choose. Lauren Hutton.

The difference between style and fashion is quality. Giorgio Armani

Quotes from Coco Chanel about fashion

A girl should be able to do two things: be fabulous and stylish Coco Chanel

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

To be irreplaceable, you need to be different all the time. Coco Chanel

When you are dressed well, others notice you; when you are dressed poorly, others notice your clothes. Coco Chanel

A dress has no meaning if it doesn't make men want to take it off - Francoise Sagan

Walk as if three men are following you. Oscar De La Renta

Fashion is a language that can be understood without translation. Miuccia Prada

Beauty without intelligence is, firstly, insipid, and secondly, short-lived. Miuccia Prada

In difficult times, fashion becomes shocking. Elsa Schiaparelli
Fashion is not labels or brands. Fashion is something that is hidden deep in your soul. Ralph Lauren

Style is a way of saying who you are without opening your mouth. Rachel Zoe

Christian Dior Quotes

Each piece eaten remains in the mouth for two minutes, two hours in the stomach, and two months on the thighs. Christian Dior

You can't pay too much attention to your shoes. Many women believe that shoes are not that important, but the real proof of a lady's elegance is what she wears on her feet. Christian Dior

Quotes by Karl Lagerfeld

You can't have faux chic, but you can be chic in faux fur. Karl Lagerfeld

You can't look too chic or too modest in a little black dress. Karl Lagerfeld

Fashion is a game that needs to be played seriously. Karl Lagerfeld

Things won't change this world, but the women who wear them will. Anna Klein

Beauty is strength, and a smile is its sword. Charles Reed

Remove the negativity. Emphasize the positive. Donna Karan

Fashion can be bought. You must have style. Edna Woolman Chase

When in doubt, wear red! Bill Blass

I don't create clothes. I create a dream. Ralph Lauren

Simplicity is the limit of perfection. Leonardo Da Vinci

In shoes on flat sole I can't concentrate. Victoria Beckham.

True elegance is in the head. If you have it, the rest comes naturally. Diana Vreeland

There is no need to be born beautiful to be devilishly attractive. Diana Vreeland

Fashion should be a way of escapism, not a form of deprivation of freedom. Alexander McQueen.
For me, clothes are a form of self-expression: what you wear contains hints about who you are. Mark Jacobs

If fashion were so simple, wouldn't everyone look great? Tim Gunn

Fashion is how you look, which translates to who you would like to be. Jean Paul Gaultier

For me, fashion is a mirror, it is a reflection of time. If it doesn't reflect the times, then it's not fashion because people won't wear it. Anna Sui

Most great lesson What I learned from being in fashion is that fashion is a tightrope walk where you have to be consistent but contradictory. You need a connecting thread, but at the same time you need to surprise. Michael Kors

I don't get my style from shows or people on the catwalk. Fashion is what happens when you wake up. Shalom Harlow

Hairstyle affects how your day turns out, and ultimately your life. Sophia Loren

Women's dress it should be like a barbed wire fence: serve its purpose without obstructing the view. Sophia Loren

Fashion takes its inspiration from society and from Everyday life, which are the same for everyone, and that's why certain elements are repeated again and again. Stefano Gabbana

Am I making fashion mistakes? Yes, but I won't tell you where. Domenico Dolce

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To be elegant does not mean to be conspicuous, it means to be etched in the memory. Giorgio Armani

Clothes don't mean anything until someone lives in them. Mark Jacobs

A woman's dress is a whole philosophy: the less material it contains, the more breathtaking it is. Ashot Nadanyan

There are no fat women, only small clothes. Faina Georgievna Ranevskaya

Dresses are necessary for a woman's happiness, like flowers in spring. Mikhail Yurjevich Lermontov

They forget about the most basic truth: men need to like women, so that they don’t exclaim, “What’s your Nice dress!”, and “How beautiful you are!”. Henri Guidel

At the skirts more wins than those of French jackets and epaulettes. Spanish proverb

A dress has no meaning if it doesn't make men want to take it off of you. Francoise Sagan

A good suit and shoes are very correct. This will mobilize you. Leonid Bronevoy

A man who is about to take a decisive step thinks: “What will I say?”, and a woman: “How will I dress?” Madeleine de Puisier

It's not what's on the outside that matters, but what's on the lining. How freer man, the more simply he is dressed.

I try to express myself through clothes. This is another form of art. I'm not afraid of what people think about my changing appearance. I'll do what I want. Axl Rose

Clothes are an extension of you. Maxim Averin

It doesn't matter what you're wearing, it's much more important how you feel. Tatiana Korsakova

A person’s clothes, like his soul, are one and only, and a woman is an innocent angel, and not a fruit for sinful pleasures. Gianni Versace

Clothing is not just a rag that covers the body. This is a reflection of a person. Therefore, it says more about a person than his figure. Amy Lee

Remember that clothes not only help you meet someone, but also trust you. Vladimir Melanin.

It's the confidence that captivates, not the dress.

In your clothes, try to be elegant, but not dandy; the sign of grace is decency, and the sign of panache is excess. Socrates

A woman's dress, like a barbed wire fence, should serve its purpose without obstructing the view. Sophia Loren

Beauty becomes alive and interesting when it is hidden by clothes. Monica Bellucci

It is not the dress that adorns a person.
Like the sun sparkling from behind black clouds,
So honor shines under the clothes of the poor.

William Shakespeare

I like being a woman in a man's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear trousers. Whitney Houston

Wear clothes, but don't let clothes wear you. Don't become a slave to fashion. Wear what you feel comfortable in. Sonam Kapoor

Look for a woman in a dress. If there is no woman, then there is no dress. Coco Chanel

There's nothing special about a skirt when it flutters on the clothesline. Lawrence Dow

A well-dressed person is one whose clothes are not noticed. William Somerset Maugham

A well-dressed person is one who considers himself and others. Pierre Cardin

Clothing is not just a convenience or a way to seduce. This is not even elegance or status, but some nuances within the status. Clothing can be a state of Spirit, character, power. A person dresses according to who he is or who he wants to be. Arturo Perez-Reverte

The collection includes phrases and quotes about fashion and taste:

• Taste is a muscle that can be trained.
• I don't design clothes - I design dreams. Ralph Laurin
• The majority, lacking vanity, follows the new fashion, forgetting the old. Hubert
• I love it when fashion comes out into the streets, but I don't allow it to come from there. Coco Chanel
• In fashion stores, look not for a thing, but for yourself.
• I love vulgarity. Good taste- death. Vulgarity is life. Mary Quant, inventor of the miniskirt

• A skirt for fashion designers is the same theater curtain, which is raised and lowered. Sophia Loren
• In everything that concerns sins, one should carefully follow fashion. Lillian Hellman
• To be irreplaceable, you need to change all the time. Coco Chanel
• The expression on a woman's face is much more important than her clothes. Dale Carnegie
• What do men like most about a woman's dress? Their idea of ​​what a woman would look like without any dress. Brendan Francis
• Even if fashion is invented by idiots, you'd be a fool if you don't imitate them. Zh. Golonogova
• What would you say if men changed the length of their trousers every year? Nancy Astor
• The only thing that is cheap is what you wear without feeling confident.
• The worse things go for you, the better you should dress. English saying
• Fashions were created for those who don’t know how to dress... K. Stanislavsky
• A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life. Oscad Wilde
• The only man who can fool all women all the time is a fashion designer. American saying
• Cleaning out the closet: dumped it out of the closet, tried it on, put on makeup, danced, that's it - tired!
• If women only dressed for one man, it wouldn't last so long. Marcel Achard
• Shoes are made so that even in clothes a woman appears naked.
• If your husband has started following fashion, it's time for you to follow your husband. Konstantin Melikhan
• Only superficial people do not judge by appearance. Oscad Wilde
• If a woman looks good in slacks, she will look good in anything.
• The essence of fashion is that only part of the group always follows it, while the group as a whole is only on the way to it. Georg Simmel
• If fashion has become common, it means it has become obsolete. Maria Ebner-Eschenbach
• Judge a man not by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes. Thomas Dewar
• If there are no clothes you would like to wear, create them yourself. Hand-made principle
• The value of the bag should be higher than the value of its contents. GQ Magazine
• Women's dresses go out of fashion as soon as the husband's salary is increased.
• Style is a person. Buffon, French naturalist
• A woman's dress doesn't have to be tight, but if a woman is dressed, I want to see where exactly she is in the dress. Bob Hope
• Modern dresses are like barbed wire: they protect the territory, but allow you to explore it. Denny Kay
• Women believe that they dress up for the sake of men or for their own pleasure; but in truth, they dress up for each other. Francis de Miomandre
• Wearing one dress for too long is harmful to the body. Yanina Ipohorskaya
• Every fashion looks as if it will last forever. Georg Simmel
• Modesty died when clothes were born. Mark Twain
• Each generation ridicules old fashions, but reverently follows new ones. G. Thoreau
• The most important thing in women's clothing- the woman who wears it. Yves Saint Laurent
• When something that went out of fashion a long time ago comes back into fashion, we begin to realize how charming our grandmothers were. Sigmund Graff
  
• Only the modern is destined to become old-fashioned. Oscar Wilde
• It is just as foolish to despise fashion as it is to follow it too zealously. Jean de La Bruyère
• The best decoration for a girl is modesty and a transparent dress. Evgeny Schwartz
• The latest fashion statement usually echoes loudly in an empty pocket. loving man. Eduard Aleksandrovich Sevrus Vorokhov
• A lover of rarities values ​​not what is good or beautiful, but what is unusual and outlandish, what he alone has. He values ​​what is fashionable and hard to find more than what is perfect. J. Labruyère
• All people are naked under their clothes. Heine
• People are not captivated by fashion, but by the few who create it. Coco Chanel
• A dress has no meaning if it doesn't make men want to take it off of you.
• Fashion is a matter of money. Style is a matter of individuality.
• First commandment real woman: I took off my heels and left the race.
• Fashion is the only attempt to transform art into a form of social interaction. Oliver Wendelaer Holmes
• Very expensive clothing makes you old Coco Chanel
• Fashion is one of the ways to bring joy to little people for big money. G. Kovalchuk
• Lack of attire sometimes serves as the best attire. Petronius
• Fashion is traditionalism squared: to be like everyone else and, moreover, to compete. A. Kruglov
• She looked like she had been poured into the dress, slightly overflowing. Pelham Woodhouse
• Fashion is when everyone likes something that everyone knows everyone likes.
• Clothes are like canvas, which different people drapes differently. Donna Karan
• Fashion is something that goes out of fashion. Coco Chanel
• Wear rich clothes - they will open all doors for you. Fuller
• Fashion lives not only in dresses, fashion is in the air, it is brought by the wind, we anticipate it, we breathe it, it is in the sky and on the road, it is inseparable from people, morals, and events. Coco Chanel
• Nothing makes a woman look older than an overly rich suit. Coco Chanel
• Fashion is never beautiful, but it makes ugly everything that preceded it. Francoise Giraud
• An unloved suit never wears out.
• Fashion exists for women who lack taste, etiquette exists for women who lack education. Queen Maria of Romania
• A real woman can be immediately recognized by her disobedience to fashion standards; she wears only what suits her. I. A. Efremov
• A fashionista is always in love with herself. F. La Rochefoucauld
• An outfit is a preface to a woman, and sometimes the entire book. Sebastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort
• Fashionable vices pass for virtues. Moliere
• An observation that is true for any fashion: its first and last adherents always look funny. Sigmund Graff
• You can follow fashion or run after fashion. But you can only run if you are young enough. Jeanne Moreau
• A man who is about to take a decisive step thinks: “What will I say?”, and a woman: “How will I dress?” Madeleine de Puisier
• Moth loves to change her wardrobe. Anthony Regulsky
• A man does not like women in cheap clothes, except his own wife.
• Youth fashion - pleonasm; There is no such thing as old fashion. Coco Chanel

• We eat for our own pleasure, dress for the pleasure of others. Benjamin Franklin
• Fashion no longer exists. It is created for several hundred people. Coco Chanel
• The breaking of fashion by kings becomes fashion for their subjects. Emil German
• What I wear is fashionable! Coco Chanel
• A real man wears a suit, not jeans, but this suit looks like someone slept in it. Susan Vega
• Fashion, like architecture, is a matter of proportions. Coco Chanel
• Happiness is not in money, but in shopping. Marilyn Monroe
• Fashion passes, but style remains. Coco Chanel
• There are no ugly women - only women who don't know that they are beautiful. Vivien Leigh
• Fashion has distorted everything National costumes and did not create anything beautiful. P. Proudhon
• A new dress is fashionable only until you go to the boutique.
• Fashion is perhaps the only discipline to which a woman still submits. A. Guinon
• A woman’s clothes should be moderately modest, so that they are not conspicuous, and at the same time it is noticeable that she is wearing them. Stas Yankovsky
• Fashion is what we dress ourselves in. What others wear is unfashionable. Oscar Wilde
• One of the charms of fashion is that it serves nothing. F. Giraud
• Fashion is a hard-hearted deity to which mothers sacrifice even their children. P. Buast
• Beware of originality. IN women's fashion originality can lead to masquerade. Coco Chanel
• Fashion is the tyrant of women and veils. P. Buast
• Charm is beauty in motion. Gotthold Lessing
• Fashion is such an intolerable form of ugliness that it has to be changed every six months. O. Wilde
• Perfume is business card. Without fragrance, a woman is anonymous. Hubert de Givenchy
• Fashion is a despot smart people ridiculed, but obeyed. A. Beers
• The dress should be tight enough to show that you are a woman, but loose enough to show that you are a lady. Edith Head
• Many women's problems problems that the best psychiatrists give in to are often decided by a hairdresser of the second category. Mary McCarthy
• Bad taste is an indicator of the decline of morals.” In your clothes, try to be elegant, but not dandy; the sign of grace is decency, and the sign of panache is excess.
• After death, I would like to get into Vogue. David Bailey
• The best wardrobe is a chair!
• Before, girls dressed the way their mothers dressed. Now it's the other way around.
• Better two folds on your face than one on your stocking. Parisian woman's commandment
• Admit it, you sold your soul the first time you put on Jimmy Choo shoes! The Devil Wears Prada
• Brevity is the soul of lingerie. Dorothy Parker
• The person for whom she is dressing should undress a woman.
• The whims of women are not subject to fashion, but fashion is always in their power. Valery Afonchenko
• The secret to the success of our costumes is small details, understandable at the level of sensations.

Not all people who connect their lives with fashion are aphoristic wits. But when you think a lot about fashion, when your life is connected with fashion and style, words come to mind that form sentences in which nothing can be added or subtracted!.. I have selected 50 quotes about fashion from great designers XX century, as well as people who mastered the art of creating their own style...

1. In order to be irreplaceable, you need to be different. Coco Chanel

2. Fashion doesn't just make women beautiful, it gives them self-confidence. Yves Saint Laurent

3. Pure, strong emotions. It's not about design. It's about feelings. Alber Elbaz

4. When you hear designers complaining about the problems of their profession, say: Don't get carried away, these are just dresses. Karl Lagerfeld

5. Fashion is not about labels. And not about brands. It's about something else that's going on inside of us. Ralph Lauren

6. We should never confuse elegance with snobbery. Yves Saint Laurent

7. Girls don't dress for boys. They dress for themselves and, of course, for each other. If girls dressed for boys, they would still walk around naked all the time. Betsey Johnson

8. A woman’s dress should be like barbed wire: do its job without spoiling the landscape. Sophia Loren

9. Style is a simple way to talk about complex things. Jean Cocteau

10. Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world. Marilyn Monroe

11. I don't do fashion. I myself am fashion. Coco Chanel

12. Designers present fashion on the catwalk four times a year. Style is what you choose yourself. Launer Hutton

13. I like being a woman even in this men's world. After all, men can't wear dresses, but we can wear trousers. Whitney Houston

14. Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of deprivation of freedom. Alexander McQueen

15. Always walk as if three men were following you. Oscar de la Renta

16. Perfume can tell more about a woman than her handwriting. Christian Dior

17. Dressing up as Scheherazade is easy. Pick up small black dress- more difficult. Coco Chanel

18. Being different from others is easy, but being unique is very difficult. Lady Gaga

19. Style is a way of saying who you are without words. Rachel Zoe

20. I don't model clothes. I create dreams. Ralph Lauren

21. I can’t concentrate in flat shoes. Victoria Beckham

22. When in doubt, wear red. Bill Blass

23. Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the confidence that she is beautiful. Sophia Loren

24. My job is to combine comfort and luxury, practical and desirable. Donna Karan

25. Luxury should be comfortable. Otherwise it's not luxury. Coco Chanel

26. Fashion as architecture: the main thing is proportions. Coco Chanel

27. If you can’t be better than your competitor, then at least dress better. Anna Wintour

28. Nothing ages a woman more than an overly rich outfit. Coco Chanel

29. An outfit is a preface to a woman, and sometimes the entire book. Sebastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort

30. Clothes make a person. Naked people have very little, if any, influence in society. Mark Twain

31. There's nothing special about a skirt when it flutters on the clothesline. Lawrence Dow

32. If you can’t remember what a woman was wearing, then she was dressed perfectly. Coco Chanel

33. Fashion is a form of ugliness so unbearable that we are forced to change it every six months. Oscar Wilde

34. I dress for image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men. Marlene Dietrich