Gianni Versace Karl Lagerfeld: "You Can Have Anything You Want in Life If You Dress For It." - Edith Head

It can be difficult to articulate the power of style and fashion through words,
but these icons managed to do so with quote-worthy, inspiring words of

wisdom to live by. From the greatest fashion designers to legendary models
and stylists, get inspired by these 50 quotes that will never go out of style.
“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
"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
"One is never over-dressed or under-dressed with a Little Black Dress." —

Karl Lagerfeld
"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
"I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world." —Bette
Midler
"You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it." —Edith Head
"I like my money right where I can see it…hanging in my closet." —Carrie
Bradshaw
"Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more

about being yourself." —Oscar de la Renta
"I think there is beauty in everything. What 'normal' people perceive as ugly,
I can usually see something of beauty in it."—Alexander McQueen
"Style is something each of us already has, all we need to do is find it." —

Diane von Furstenberg
"Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life." —Bill

Cunningham
"When in doubt, wear red." —Bill Blass
"I don't design clothes. I design dreams." —Ralph Lauren
"Fashions fade, style is eternal." —Yves Saint Laurent
"Anyone can get dressed up and glamorous, but it is how people dress in their
days off that are the most intriguing." —Alexander Wang
"How can you live the high life if you do not wear the high heels?" —Sonia
Rykiel
"In difficult times, fashion is always outrageous." —Elsa Schiaparelli

"Clothes mean nothing until someone lives in them." —Marc Jacobs
"You gotta have style. It helps you get down the stairs. It helps you get up in
the morning. It’s a way of life. Without it, you’re nobody. I’m not talking
about lots of clothes.” —Diana Vreeland
"Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives

pleasure, it is worth doing well.” —Vivienne Westwood
"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
"Fashion is what you're offered four times a year by designers. And style is
what you choose." —Lauren Hutton
"The dress must follow the body of a woman, not the body following the
shape of the dress." —Hubert de Givenchy
"I always find beauty in things that are odd and imperfect, they are much
more interesting." —Marc Jacobs
"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
"Style is a way to say who you
are without having to speak." —
Rachel Zoe
"Trendy is the last stage before tacky." —Karl Lagerfeld
"People will stare. Make it worth their while." —Harry
Winston
"Elegance is elimination." —Cristóbal Balenciaga

"Shoes transform your body language and attitude. They
lift you physically and emotionally.” —Christian
Louboutin
"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
"In order to be irreplaceable one must always be
different." —Coco Chanel
"We must never confuse elegance with snobbery." —
Yves Saint Laurent
"Fashion is like eating, you

shouldn't stick to the same
menu." —Kenzo Takada
"Playing dress-up begins at age five and never truly
ends." —Kate Spade
"Elegance is not standing out, but being remembered." —
Giorgio Armani
"The hardest thing in fashion is not to be known for a

logo, but to be known for a silhouette." —Giambattista
Valli
"I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman."
—Vera Wang
"We have this saying, Christy and I. We don't wake up for
less than $10,000 a day." —Linda Evangelista
"I make clothes, women make fashion." —Azzedine

Alaïa
"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
"Over the years I have learned that what is important in a
dress is the woman who's wearing it." —Yves Saint
Laurent
"Whoever said that money can't buy happiness, simply
didn't know where to go shopping." —Bo Derek
"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
"I don't do fashion. I am fashion."

—Coco Chanel
"The joy of dressing is an art." —John Galliano
"Luxury is the ease of a t-shirt in a very expensive dress."
―Karl Lagerfeld
"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
"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
"The best things in life are free. The second best are very
expensive." —Coco Chanel

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It can be difficult to articulate the power of style and fashion through words,

but these icons managed to do so with quote-worthy, inspiring words of

"One is never over-dressed or under-dressed with a Little Black Dress." —

"Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more

"Style is something each of us already has, all we need to do is find it." —

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

"I don't design clothes. I design dreams." —Ralph Lauren

"Fashions fade, style is eternal." —Yves Saint Laurent

"In difficult times, fashion is always outrageous." —Elsa Schiaparelli

"Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives

"Elegance is elimination." —Cristóbal Balenciaga

"Style is the only thing you can’t buy. It’s not in a

"Fashion is like eating, you

"The hardest thing in fashion is not to be known for a

"I make clothes, women make fashion." —Azzedine

"What’s my style is not your style, and I don’t see how

"I don't do fashion. I am fashion."

"A little bad taste is like a nice splash of paprika. We all

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