You guys seem to like the quote roundups I’ve been sharing so I decided to post another one today! I usually like to share inspirational words, but I thought I’d try something new and share 60 of my favorite fashion quotes of all time.
The pics you see are from my latest shoot with Jared Wolfe! My makeup was done by the uber talented @beautybyjacs, and I’m wearing a fabulous black gown courtesy of Bella and Bloom, which is available for purchase here.
1. “Fashion you can buy, but style you possess. The key to style is learning who you are, which takes years. There’s no how-to road map to style. It’s about self expression and, above all, attitude.” — Iris Apfel
2. “I always find beauty in things that are odd and imperfect, they are much more interesting.” — Marc Jacobs
3. “People will stare. Make it worth their while.” — Harry Winston
4. “Style is the only thing you can’t buy. It’s not in a shopping bag, a label, or a price tag. It’s something reflected from our soul to the outside world—an emotion.”— Alber Elbaz
5. “Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who’s wearing it.” — Yves Saint Laurent
6. “Whoever said that money can’t buy happiness, simply didn’t know where to go shopping.” — Bo Derek
7. “I think we all know boldness when we see it. Nothing makes me smile more than when I see someone being fully themselves, with their own individual style and character, whatever that is.” — Angelina Jolie
8. “How can you live the high life if you do not wear the high heels?” — Sonia Rykiel
9. “I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.” — Bette Midler
10. “The way I dress depends on how I feel. I never have to psych myself up. Usually it just feels like it works.” — Rihanna
11. “What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language.” Miuccia Prada
12. “Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.” — Oscar de la Renta
13. “Fashions fade, style is eternal.” — Yves Saint Laurent
14. “Girls do not dress for boys. They dress for themselves, and of course, each other. If girls dressed for boys, they’d just walk around naked at all times.” — Betsey Johnson
15. “Anyone can get dressed up and glamorous, but it is how people dress in their days off that are the most intriguing.” — Alexander Wang
16. “Being well dressed hasn’t much to do with having good clothes. It’s a question of good balance and good common sense.” — Oscar de la Renta
17. “I like my money right where I can see it…hanging in my closet.” — Carrie Bradshaw
18. “In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” — Coco Chanel
19. “Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.” — Vivienne Westwood
20. “What I really do believe is that anybody—and it really doesn’t matter what shape your body is—can be seductive and sexy and gorgeous and beautiful. I use an extreme idea of beauty as a way of showing Céline, but I don’t believe it has to be like that outside of the fashion show.” — Phoebe Philo
21. “Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.” – Alexander McQueen
22. “One is never over-dressed or under-dressed with a Little Black Dress.” — Karl Lagerfeld
23. “Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they notice the woman.” — Coco Chanel
24. “You can never take too much care over the choice of your shoes. Too many women think that they are unimportant, but the real proof of an elegant woman is what is on her feet.” — Christian Dior
25. “The best things in life are free. The second best are very expensive.” — Coco Chanel
26. “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.” — Diana Vreeland
27. “I think our bodies are beautiful, and I think celebrating them and being comfortable in them—no matter what age you are—is important. There shouldn’t be any kind of shame or discomfort around it.” — Jennifer Aniston
28. “I think there is beauty in everything. What ‘normal’ people perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it.”— Alexander McQueen
29. “Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak.” – Rachel Zoe
30. “Don’t be into trends. Don’t make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way to live.” — Gianni Versace
31. “Fashion is what you’re offered four times a year by designers. And style is what you choose.” — Lauren Hutton
32. “Perseverance and resilience are key. I also try to remain true to my vision. The idea is to create go-to pieces for a woman’s wardrobe and her life—beautifully crafted pieces that a woman will love today, in two months, in two years, in five years—and to do that for as many women as possible.” – Narciso Rodriguez
33. “We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.” — Yves Saint Laurent
34. “I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.” — Vera Wang
35. “Clothes are like a good meal, a good movie and great pieces of music.” – Michael Kors
36. “In a world full of trends, I want to remain a classic.” – Iman
37. “Style is something each of us already has, all we need to do is find it.” – Diane von Furstenberg
38. “Elegance is not standing out, but being remembered.” — Giorgio Armani
39. “Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life.” — Bill Cunningham
40. “A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.” – Vera Wang
41. “Dress like you’re going to meet your worst enemy today.” – Coco Chanel
42. “I want to remind people of a different kind of glamour, a different look, and breaking rules of fashion. I want to break the rules.” – Dita Von Teese.
43. “What’s my style is not your style, and I don’t see how you can define it. It’s something that expresses who you are in your own way.” — Iris Apfel
44. “I’ve been 40 years discovering that the queen of all colors was black.” – Pierre- Auguste Renoir
45. “Good fashion is like rock music: all anarchy and revolt.” – Ann Demeulemeester
46. “Fashion is an art and you are the canvas.” – Velvet Paper
47. “Fashion is part of the daily air and it changes all the time, with all the events. You can even see the approaching of a revolution in clothes. You can see and feel everything in clothes.” — Diana Vreeland
48. “No matter how you feel, always get up, dress up, and show up.” – Regina Brett
49. “I wanted to be a certain kind of woman. I became that kind of woman.” – Diane Von Furstenberg
50. “Create your own style. Let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.” – Anna Wintour
51. “Elegance is the only beauty that will never fade.” – Audrey Hepburn
52. “If you want to be original, be ready to be copied.” – Coco Chanel
53. “It is beautiful to be who you are.” – Jean Paul Gaultier
54. “Chic is when a woman is in harmony with herself.”- Giambattista Valli
55. “Buy less. Choose well. Make it last. Quality, not quantity. Everybody’s buying far too many clothes.” – Vivienne Westwood
56. “Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable.” – Donna Karan
57. “Playing dress up starts at the age of five and never truly ends.” – Kate Spade
58. “You can find inspiration in everything. If you are not, then you are not looking properly.” – Paul Smith
59. “Fashion is a state of mind.” – Sonia Rykiel
60. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci
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Really great quotes! Thanks for sharing 🙂
You are so incredibly beautiful!!! I like the quotes too.
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Aw you’re too sweet =) So glad you liked the quotes!