50 best quotes about fashion and style

50 best quotes about fashion and style November 29, 2013, 00:00 | Rita Zheleznyakova

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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 man'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. Finding a little black dress is 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

35. Each generation laughs at old fashions, always following new ones. Henry David Thoreau

36. I know what women want. They want to be beautiful. Valentino Garavani

37. I have always considered the white T-shirt to be the alpha and omega of the fashion alphabet. Giorgio Armani

38. Fashion is what we make ourselves out of every day. Miuccia Prada

39. Fashion is always inspired by youth and nostalgia and often takes inspiration from the past. Lana Del Rey

40. Fashion gives happiness. This is joy. But not therapy. Donatella Versace

41. There is no better designer in the world than nature itself. Alexander McQueen

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

43. Buy less, choose better, and do it yourself. Vivienne Westwood

44. Fashion dictators sometimes make mistakes too, but there are always millions of women who will willingly pay for it. Barbra Streisand

45. You can get used to ugly appearance, but never to negligence. Coco Chanel

46. Shoes are made so that even in clothes a woman appears naked. Christian Louboutin

47. A woman wants to dress like others, and suffers if she actually dresses like others. Leszek Kumor

48. Fashion is a controlled epidemic. George Bernard Shaw

49. In all trivial matters, style is important, not sincerity. In all serious matters, too. Oscar Wilde

50. If you doubt your taste, know that you have it. Wysten Hugh Auden

Do you have a favorite saying about style, fashion, beauty? Or maybe you yourself came up with a funny aphorism? Share with us!

Rita Zheleznyakova , etoya.ru

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Quotes about the color black with meaning

The debate about whether black is a color rather than the absence of it can go on forever. Be that as it may, for many, black is a favorite and, as documented, has been given an important place in legends, myths and other folklore since ancient times.

The symbolism of this color is contradictory. On the one hand, it is associated with grief, mourning, and death. On the other hand, it is neutral, stylish, elegant. Black is mentioned in many songs, films, books, poems and even in the works of psychologists and philosophers. You can find their most interesting and original quotes about this color in our selection.

Quotes in English Coco Chanel with translation

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Here you can read quotes in English by Coco Chanel with translation.
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A fashion that does not reach the streets is not a fashion.	Fashion cannot be called fashion if it is not worn on the street.
A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.	A girl should be both chic and gorgeous at the same time.
A woman should wear perfume wherever she wants to be kissed.	A woman should apply perfume to the places where a man will kiss her.
Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance!	Jewelry is a whole science! Beauty is a formidable weapon! Modesty is the height of elegance!
Coquetry, it's a triumph of the spirit over the senses.	Coquetry is the victory of reason over feelings.
Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.	Don't waste time banging on the wall in hopes of turning it into a door.
For a woman betrayal has no sense - one cannot betray one's passions.	For a woman, betrayal is meaningless; a person cannot betray his passion.
I don't understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a little — if only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe that's the day she has a date with destiny. And it's best to be as pretty as possible for destiny.	I don’t understand how a woman can leave the house without cleaning herself up, at least out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe on this day you will meet your destiny. So it’s better to be as perfect as possible to meet fate.
If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.	If you were born without wings, don't stop them from growing.
In order to be irreplaceable one must be unique.	In order to be irreplaceable, you need to be unique. (In order to be irreplaceable, you need to be different.)
Jump out the window if you are the object of passion. Flee it if you feel it. Passion goes, boredom remains.	Being the object of desire is like jumping out of a window. Run if you feel it. Passion will go away, boredom will remain.
Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.	Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury.
The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.	The most important thing to do is think about yourself. Out loud.
There are people who have money and people who are rich.	There are people who have money and there are rich people.

Murrr...

These sweetest purring creatures, which are difficult to find in the dark, have been considered magical since ancient times, and there is always a person who believes in omens. Black cats have the ability to cleanse the house from the interference of negative forces; it is not for nothing that experienced masters of the occult sciences keep such a cat next to them. But, if you look at the sign from the other side, it’s just a cat, and it’s black because that’s her breed, and by temperament she’s not at all aggressive.

- Black cats bring trouble..- Trouble?...Strange! People bring me trouble, but cats bring me kindness and warmth!

Even such a mystical cat can sympathize with an unlucky person.

Sometimes it happens that even black cats give way.

American comedian Groucho Marx did not see anything negative in the sign about a black cat running across. An animal can also be busy with something, for example, searching for prey.

If a black cat crosses your path, it means she is in a hurry to get somewhere. Groucho Marx

This is an independent pussy who is not used to taking into account the opinions of the majority.

A black cat doesn’t care what gray mice think about her... Maxim Romanov

For women, this is the strongest talisman of love and attractiveness.

If there is a black cat in the house, the girl will not lack admirers. British superstition

Quotes about children's fashion

Collection title: Quotes about children's fashion. The school of properly guided play opens a child's windows to a world wider and more reliable than reading. J. Fabre

Childhood is that happy time when you run out of the toilet at night and are glad that you weren’t eaten.

Marriage is the mines of King Solomon, only it is worth more than mountains of gold.

If you don’t demand a lot from a person, then you won’t get much from him. A. S. Makarenko

In order to judge a child fairly and truly, we need not to transfer him from his sphere to ours, but to move into his spiritual world ourselves. N. I. Pirogov

A little daughter is a great happiness. Her eyes, cheeks, mouth. It is impossible to look at her without smiling. I want to give my life for her laughter...

Family is the most important thing in the world. If you don't have a family, consider that you have nothing. Family is the strongest bond in your life.

There was a time when nothing but obedience was expected of children; now everything except obedience is expected of them. Anatole Broyard

Thoughts are also born, like living children, and they are also nurtured for a long time before being released into the world. Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin

A happy marriage is a structure that needs to be rebuilt every day. A. Maurois

Generally speaking, power does not spoil people, but fools, when they are in power, spoil power. The upbringing of a man or woman is tested by how they behave during a quarrel. George Bernard Shaw

There are children who are sharp-minded and inquisitive, but wild and stubborn. They are usually hated in schools and are almost always considered hopeless; Meanwhile, great people usually come out of them, if only they are educated properly. Y. Kamensky

Honor your parents at any age. Catherine II the Great

My mom calls every day with the same question: Did you just call? - I answer no and listen to another daily phrase. It would be worth it. I could die any day. — E. Bombk

The higher a mighty eagle soars in the skies, the longer it is forced to rest on earth. Alexandre Dumas the father

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority. Francis Bacon

In peacetime, sons bury their fathers, and in war, fathers bury their sons. Herodotus

He who knows little can teach little. J. Komensky

You become an adult not when you stop listening to your mother, but when you realize that your mother was right.

The fact that the family is falling apart in modern society only proves that the connecting thread was not family love, but personal interest, preserved despite the apparent community of property. Friedrich Engels

The worst thing young people can learn is frivolity. For the latter gives rise to those pleasures from which vice develops. Democritus

A family is a group of people who are united by blood and quarrel over money issues. Etienne Rey

The combination of enormous trust with enormous demands is the style of our upbringing. A. S. Makarenko

He who takes revenge sometimes regrets what he did; he who forgives never regrets it. Alexandre Dumas the father

The fate of the sons of men and the fate of animals is the same fate: as they die, so these die, and everyone has the same breath, and man has no advantage over cattle, because everything is vanity! Everything goes to one place: everything came from dust and everything will return to dust. Who knows whether the spirit of the sons of men ascends upward and the spirit of animals descends down to the earth? Book of Ecclesiastes

If poverty is the mother of crime, then stupidity is its father. Jean La Bruyère

The potter's daughter Dibutad saw the shadow of her lover on the wall and traced his profile with a dagger. Thanks to this design, her father invented the style of painting that decorates Greek vases. The basis of all things is love. Albert Camus

Busy people have no time to look at women. Alexandre Dumas the father

Spoiled and pampered children, whose every whim is satisfied by their parents, grow up to be degenerate, weak-willed egoists. F. E. Dzerzhinsky

Each person must engage in his own upbringing until his last day. M. Azeglio

Socrates made his students speak first, and then he spoke himself.

Beware not of dead rivals, but of living enemies! Ghosts appear only to those who must see them. Alexandre Dumas the father

The main road of human education is conviction. K. D. Ushinsky

The love of parents is the most selfless. G. Marx

Before you raise a person in someone else, first raise him in yourself

My mother taught me from childhood - if you do something, do it well and to the end. Therefore, I carry out my brain efficiently and tirelessly.

Every person is a Man with a capital letter. Sometimes it is difficult to extract it, sometimes it is impossible, but you always have to try. O.M. Kuvaev

No matter how respectfully the female half of your family treats you, no matter how much she appreciates your virtues and authority, secretly she always looks at you like a donkey and has something like pity for you. Henry Louis Mencken

There are three types of guys: macho, schmuck and “mommy.”

We will never understand our parents' love for us until we become parents ourselves.

If poverty is the mother of crime, then stupidity is its father. Jean La Bruyère

You cannot scare off children with harshness; they only cannot stand lies. L. N. Tolstoy

Happiness alone is not complete happiness. Alexandre Dumas the father

The wise of this world can stop the disintegration of the atom, but they cannot stop the disintegration of families.

The best school of discipline is the family. Samuel Smiles

Now, as always, the most automated appliance in the household is the mother. — B. Jones

Children are growing up. Husbands get old. We alone are beauties.

He who takes revenge sometimes regrets what he did; he who forgives never regrets it. Alexandre Dumas the father

In a family, the one who is loudest is right. A. Markov.

Ladies catch the moment like children catch a bird. Even if you don’t catch it, you are always on the lookout. Alexander Pope

The power of kinship and friendship is great. Aeschylus

To educate means to develop immunity to television. Marshall McLuhan

My mother told me as a child that money doesn't matter. Truth and honesty will lead to success in any field. However, she was wrong about many other things... - Barzan

There are strange fathers who, until their death, are occupied with only one thing: to give their children reasons not to grieve too much for them. Jean de La Bruyère

Childhood friends. If you don't break up in adolescence, it's for life.

It educates everything: people, things, phenomena, but first of all and for the longest time - people. Of these, parents and teachers come first. A. S. Makarenko

A teacher works on the most important task - he shapes a person. M. I. Kalinin

Remember that your children will treat you the same way you treat your parents. Thales

Children need to be pampered, then they grow up to be real robbers. Evgeny Schwartz

The Creator united the entire human race with a chain of love. I often think that there is no person in the world who would never have good feelings for another person and would not himself take advantage of someone’s kindness; for we are all one family, coming from Adam. William Thackeray

If you want to convince a person that he lives badly, live well; but do not convince him with words. People believe what they see. G. Thoreau

Secret pride lives in the heart of every person who rebels against tyranny. You can order a person, command him, but you cannot force him to respect you. Heitzlitt

A family is like a balloon—someone has to control it, but it can’t be done without ballast. A. Markov

Becoming a father is very easy. Being a father, on the other hand, is difficult. V. Bush

Let the child's first lesson be obedience. Then the second one can be what you consider necessary. B. Franklin - Quotes about children's fashion.

If you think about it, in a hundred years only our children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren will live on this planet, and we will become only a part of the past.

By persisting in an argument you will lose more than you gain; Having won, you are not defending the truth, but your bad manners. Baltasar Gracian y Morales