233 of the BEST Fashion Quotes (From Your Favorite Style Icons)

The Best Fashion Quotes

We all love quotes, whether they be quotes for the beach or travel quotes, we can’t get enough of these words of inspiration to share with our friends, family, social updates, or just to provide us with a little motivation.

Fashion quotes provide us with a different perspective and I love reading the inner thoughts of the fashion greats, past and present.

The following fashion quotes are broken up by the most notable fashion icon and at the end, you’ll find a collection of other fashion quotes by notables and just great quotes that need to be included in this list!

Have fun reading these and use these to caption your Instagram image or Facebook update. We all need a little fashion inspiration from time to time!

Coco Chanel Quotes

This famed French designer is best known for her women’s suits, the LBD, and her signature fragrance, Chanel No. 5. Coco Chanel started out as a milliner, which ultimately led her into the world of fashion. Her iconic collarless suits—designed with a nod to men’s suits of the day—and little black dresses were designed with both comfort and timelessness were ahead of their time in the 1920s. World War II saw her shut her design house for two decades, but reopened in the 1950s. Shortly before her death in 1971, her brand experienced a resurgence, which has been carried on by Karl Lagerfeld, who continues today as the Creative Director for the House of Chanel.

1. “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” — Coco Chanel
2. “Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and remove one accessory.” —Coco Chanel
3. “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” –Coco Chanel
4. “A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.” -Coco Chanel
5. “Fashion changes, but style endures.” -Coco Chanel
6. “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening. — Coco Chanel
7. “In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.” — Coco Chanel
8. “I don’t do fashion. I am fashion.” —Coco Chanel
9. “A woman who doesn’t wear perfume has no future.” —Coco Chanel
10. “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” —Coco Chanel
11. “There are people who have money and people who are rich.” —Coco Chanel
12. “Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.” —Coco Chanel
13. “Nature gives you the face you have at twenty. Life shapes the face you have at thirty. But at fifty you get the face you deserve.” —Coco Chanel
14. “The best things in life are free. The second-best are very expensive.” —Coco Chanel
15. “A woman with good shoes is never ugly.” —Coco Chanel
16. “Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.” —Coco Chanel
17. “Dress like you are going to meet your worst enemy today.” —Coco Chanel
18. “All men are children, and if you understand that, a woman understands everything.” —Coco Chanel
19. “Elegance is refusal.” —Coco Chanel
20. “Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.” —Coco Chanel
21. “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.” —Coco Chanel
22. “Look for the woman in the dress. If there is no woman, there is no dress.” —Coco Chanel
23. “You live but once; you might as well be amusing.” —Coco Chanel
24. “I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t think about you at all.” —Coco Chanel

Carrie Bradshaw Quotes

The TV series Sex in the City gave birth to fashion icon Carrie Bradshaw, played by actress Sarah Jessica Parker. Through six season and 94 episodes (as well as two feature films), her eponymous style—and love of Blahniks, Louboutins, and shoes in general—helped shape the face of American fashion in the early 2000s. Her flair for the dramatic and mixing of styles—t-shirts with tulle skirts, lots of feathers and ruffles—often seemed incongruent with the Manhattan streets that she and her cohorts traipsed about, but the public loved her style and overall fashion sense.

1. “I like my money right where I can see it: hanging in my closet.” — Carrie Bradshaw
2. “When I first moved to New York and I was totally broke, sometimes I would buy Vogue instead of dinner. I felt it fed me more.” — Carrie Bradshaw
3. “Women come to New York for the two Ls- Labels & Love.” — Carrie Bradshaw
4. “I’ve spent $40,000 on shoes and I have no place to live? I will literally be the old woman who lived in her shoes!” — Carrie Bradshaw
5. “The fact is, sometimes it’s really hard to walk in a single woman’s shoes. That’s why we need really special ones now and then to make the walk a little more fun’.” — Carrie Bradshaw
6. “Oh my God! Do you know what these are? Manolo Blahnik Mary Janes! I thought these were an urban shoe myth!” — Carrie Bradshaw
7. “I will never be the woman with the perfect hair, who can wear white and not spill on it.” — Carrie Bradshaw
8. “I couldn’t understand a word she was saying, but I felt I had in my possession all the Italian I’d ever need to know: Dolce, Dolce, Dolce.” — Carrie Bradshaw
9. “They say nothing lasts forever. Dreams change, trends come and go, but friendships never go out of style!” — Carrie Bradshaw
10. “Every year the women of New York leave the past behind and look forward to the future…this is known as Fashion Week!” — Carrie Bradshaw
11. “I have a style and jeweled panties aren’t it.” — Carrie Bradshaw

Anna Wintour Quotes

Anna Wintour, famously portrayed by Meryl Streep in the movie The Devil Wears Prada, has been the editor-in-chief of the influential fashion magazine Vogue for the past two decades. She is known for having an uncanny knack to spot fashion trends and spearhead them, and many a designer, on the pages of her magazine. Known for her signature bob and black sunglasses, she is one of the most influential women in the fashion world, commanding front row seats at Paris, Milan, and New York fashion weeks, and has been known to make or break a designer.

1. “You either know fashion or you don’t.” — Anna Wintour
2. “It’s always about timing. If it’s too soon, no one understands. If it’s too late, everyone’s forgotten.” – Anna Wintour
3. “I’m interested in seeing just the girl on the street because she is unlike any other. I’m inspired by whatever it is she might be wearing.” – Anna Wintour
4. “If you can’t be better than your competition, just dress better.” – Anna Wintour
5. “If you look at any great fashion photograph out of context, it will tell you just as much about what’s going on in the world as a headline in The New York Times.” – Anna Wintour
6. “People respond well to those that are sure of what they want.” – Anna Wintour
7. “The best way to make dream come true is to wake up.” – Anna Wintour
8. “Fashion is not beautiful, neither is it ugly. Why should it be either? Fashion is fashion.” – Anna Wintour
9. “You either know fashion or you don’t.” – Anna Wintour
10. “Fashion goes in only one direction -forward- and I am a firm believer in thinking that way too.” – Anna Wintour
11. “There is something about fashion that can make people really nervous.” – Anna Wintour
12. “Create your own individual style. I’m not interested in the girl who walks into my office in a HEAD-to-TOE LABEL look that’s straight off the runway. I’m interested in a Girl who puts herself together in an ORIGINAL INDEPENDENT Way” – Anna Wintour
13. “It’s the mishaps that make it fun, and brings you the surprise.” – Anna Wintour
14. “Some people have the Bible. I have Vogue.” – Anna Wintour
15. “It’s important for young women and men coming out of the fashion schools to think seriously before starting their own collections.” – Anna Wintour
16. “There’s a new kind of woman out there…She doesn’t have time to shop anymore. She wants to know what and why and where and how.” – Anna Wintour
17. “Even if I’m completely unsure, I’ll pretend I know exactly what I’m talking about and make a decision.” – Anna Wintour
18. “To be in Vogue has to mean something” – Anna Wintour
19. “Vogue’ is the best of everything that fashion can offer, and I think we point the way. We are, you know, a glamorous girlfriend.” – Anna Wintour
20. “Fashion’s not about looking back. It’s always about looking forward.” – Anna Wintour
21. “There’s always a way to wear fur.” – Anna Wintour
22. “Fashion is a reflection of our times. Fashion can tell you everything that’s going on in the world with a strong fashion image.” – Anna Wintour
23. “One should look forward rather than backwards.” – Anna Wintour

Ralph Lauren Quotes

This quintessential American designer is the brains behind Polo and keeps classic clothing—like his signature polo and oxford shirts—on the forefront of fashion. His timeless pieces are staples in many a closet, and both is men’s and women’s fragrances are now standards at stores across the country. He’s the recipient of many fashion awards, including the Coty Award, American Fashion Award, CFDA Fashion Award, and is the first-ever recipient of the CFDA Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a true legend in American fashion.

1. “They know they’re going to look beautiful, and I don’t think women should look like costumes. They shouldn’t look like fashion victims.”- Ralph Lauren
2. “I don’t design clothes. I design dreams.” —Ralph Lauren
3. “Style is very important. It has nothing to do with fashion. Fashion is over quickly. Style lasts forever.” -Ralph Lauren
4. “Style is very personal. It has nothing to do with fashion. Fashion is over quickly. Style is forever.” -Ralph Lauren
5. “Fashion is not necessarily about labels. It’s not about brands. It’s about something else that comes from within you.” — Ralph Lauren
6. “Personal style is about a sense of yourself, a sense of what you believe in and wearing what you like.” – Ralph Lauren
7. “I never said to myself, “I’m going to be the greatest.” I just wanted to do my own thing.” – Ralph Lauren
8. “Each day is an occasion to reinvent ourselves” – Ralph Lauren
9. “For me, style is about quality, integrity and timelessness. It is free of trends but always feels fresh and new.” – Ralph Lauren
10. “Personal style is about taking a risk, trying something unexpected, and having fun with fashion, but always being true to yourself.” – Ralph Lauren
11. “I believe one can live many lives through personal style. Every day is an occasion to reinvent yourself” – Ralph Lauren
12. “Glamour is an attitude-it’s the expression of a certain kind of confidence. A glamorous woman is always elegant, but she also possesses an air of mystery and excitement. She’s dramatic-almost untouchable.” – Ralph Lauren
    “Fashion is transient, trends come and go. I believe in style, not fashion.” – Ralph Lauren
13. “I’m interested in longevity, timelessness, style – not fashion.” – Ralph Lauren
14. “Fashion is a function of lifestyle, and style a function of quality, integrity and timelessness.” – Ralph Lauren
15. “I have always loved things that are timeless and get better with age.” – Ralph Lauren
16. “Every time I design clothes, I’m making a movie.” – Ralph Lauren
17. “I don’t like it when a woman looks like a fashion victim.” – Ralph Lauren
18. “I like romance, I like glamour and I like realism. I think that’s a great combination.” – Ralph Lauren
19. “You have to create something from nothing.” – Ralph Lauren
20. “We all have to fight to maintain our unique style and taste in a world that would have us conform.” – Ralph Lauren
21. “I’ve never wanted to be in fashion. Because if you’re in fashion, you’re going to be out of fashion.” – Ralph Lauren
22. “I have a vision for living. It’s about elements of style. It’s about all the things that I love, that I believe in.” – Ralph Lauren
23. “It’s easier to follow fashion than it is to have personal style.” – Ralph Lauren
24. “I believe in style, not fashion.” – Ralph Lauren
25. “I am constantly drawing inspiration from everything I see-the places I travel, the people I know and the movies I see.” – Ralph Lauren
26. “If I get to the point where I don’t like my clothes, I’m in big trouble.” – Ralph Lauren
27. “I’ve always admired a woman who can dress for all occasions-someo ne who’s not fashion crazy, but you always want to look like her.” – Ralph Lauren
28. “Love the fun of clothes, not the status of fashion.” – Ralph Lauren
29. “..It’s not about age…I believe women of all ages can wear anything.” – Ralph Lauren

Karl Lagerfeld Quotes

This lightly eccentric designer with a flair for the dramatic, has a true fashion pedigree. Lagerfeld has worked under famed designers such as Balmain and Patou, at fashion houses Chloe, Curiel and Fendi, designed for the theater, and finally landed at the House of Chanel, where he remains as Creative Director. He was the creator the CC monograph, which is used as a signature fabric in Chanel’s clothes and accessories. In contrast to the style of Chanel, Lagerfeld has challenged fashion norms at time, such as using the Qur’an in a collection, using strippers instead of models at a Milan Fashion Week runway show, and for his extensive use of fur. Regardless of these missteps, he is highly sought after for collaborations—Diesel, H&M, Steiff, Orrefors—and continues to produce some magnificent haute couture collections.

1. “Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.” —Karl Lagerfeld
2. “One is never over-dressed or under-dressed with a Little Black Dress.” —Karl Lagerfeld
3. “I’m a very down-to-earth person, but it is my job to make that earth more pleasant.” — Karl Lagerfeld
4. “What I’ve done, Coco Chanel would never have done. She would have hated it.” — Karl Lagerfeld
5. “When you hear designers complaining about the challenge of their profession, you have to say: don’t get carried away—it’s only dresses.” — Karl Lagerfeld
6. “Trendy is the last stage before tacky.” — Karl Lagerfeld
7. “Never use the word “cheap”. Today everybody can look chic in inexpensive clothes (the rich buy them too). There is good clothing design on every level today. You can be the chicest thing in the world in a T-shirt and jeans — it’s up to you.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
8. “Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
9. “We need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates fashion. It’s like hunger and thirst — you need them both.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
10. “I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
11. “Luxury is the ease of a t-shirt in a very expensive dress.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
12. “In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and even clothes, the discussion of fur is childish.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
13. “Buy what you don’t have yet, or what you really want, which can be mixed with what you already own. Buy only because something excites you, not just for the simple act of shopping.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
14. “Fashion and music are the same, because music express its period too.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
15. “Fashion is about going ahead, not about memory.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
16. “Fashion is neither moral or immoral, but it is for rebuilding the morale.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
17. “Fashion is about two things: the evolution and the opposite.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
18. “Keep the best, forget the rest.” ― Karl Lagerfeld

Audrey Hepburn Quotes

This style icon and actress, known for her grace and joie de vivre, was always perfectly styled, whether in a movie or in her personal life. Think of the black satin and pearl dress from Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the black skin-tight pants and turtleneck from Funny Face, and chic 1960s suits from How to Steal a Million. Her lithe body was often clad in Givenchy, who helped make her the style inspiration that she was throughout her life.

1. “My look is attainable. Women can look like Audrey Hepburn by flipping out their hair, buying the large sunglasses, and the little sleeveless dresses.” —Audrey Hepburn
2. “Why change? Everyone has their own style. When you have found it, you should stick to it.” —Audrey Hepburn
3. “There’s a shade of red for every woman.” —Audrey Hepburn
4. “Some people dream of having a big swimming pool. With me, it’s closets.” —Audrey Hepburn
5. “Life is a party. Dress like it.” —Audrey Hepburn
6. “Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.” —Audrey Hepburn
7. “Makeup can only make you look pretty on the outside, but it doesn’t help if you’re ugly on the inside. Unless you eat the makeup.” —Audrey Hepburn
8. “There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don’t need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.” —Audrey Hepburn
9. “The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes because that is the doorway to her heart.” —Audrey Hepburn
10. “I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls.” —Audrey Hepburn

Other Quotes About Fashion

1. “Fashion is what you’re offered four times a year by designers. And style is what you choose.” — Lauren Hutton
2. “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
3. “I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.” — Diana Vreeland
4. “The customer is the final filter. What survives the whole process is what people wear. I’m not interested in making clothes that end up in some dusty museum.” — Marc Jacobs
5. “I think there is beauty in everything. What ‘normal’ people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it.” — Alexander McQueen
6. “Shoes transform your body language and attitude. They lift you physically and emotionally.” — Christian Louboutin
7. “I always feel that if you’re gonna be uncomfortable and unhappy in something, just because you think it’s in or it’s chic, I would advise you to be happy rather than well-dressed. It’s better to be happy.” — Iris Apfel
8. “Pure, intense emotions. It’s not about design. It’s about feelings.” — Alber Elbaz
9. “I have always believed that fashion was not only to make women more beautiful but also to reassure them, give them confidence.” — Yves Saint Laurent
10. “Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak.” — Rachel Zoe
11. “It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic by fashion.” — Yves Saint Laurent
12. “Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life.” — Bill Cunningham
13. “Always dress like you’re going to see your worst enemy.” — Kimora Lee
14. “Clothes mean nothing until someone lives in them.” — Marc Jacobs
15. “We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.” — Yves Saint Laurent
16. “Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercouse.” — Sir Francis Bacon
17. “Girls do not dress for boys. They dress for themselves, of course, each other. If girls dressed for boys, they’d just walk around naked at all times.” — Betsey Johnson
18. “Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.” — Vivienne Westwood
19. “People say, ‘What do you mean you want to help the world, but you’re so concerned about fashion?’ It’s illegal to be naked. It is something that is extremely important.” — Kanye West
20. “Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.” — Alexander McQueen
21. “Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.” — Yves Saint Laurent
22. “We don’t need fashion to survive, we just desire it so much.” — Marc Jacobs
23. “In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable.” — Christian Dior
24. “Clothes are like a good meal, a good movie, great pieces of music.” — Michael Kors
25. “The joy of dressing is an art.” — John Galliano
26. “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 you live.” — Gianni Versace
27. “Fashion somehow, for me, is purely and happily irrational.” — Hedi Slimane
28. “I don’t want a politician who’s thinking about fashion for even one millisecond. It’s the same as medical professionals. The idea of a person in a Comme des Garcons humpback dress giving me a colonoscopy is just not groovy.” — Simon Doonan
29. “I think that because I’m overweight, [my] fantasy was lightness. So I project my fantasy to the clothes, and now all I do is light, light clothes because it’s the one thing I don’t have. That is why I’m too afraid to lose weight because then I might make heavy clothes.” — Alber Elbaz
30. “When you go to a nice restaurant, you want to be relaxed and have a drink and everything, you want to look at people who look well. You don’t want to look at some slob with an open shirt and a hairy chest. At least I don’t.” — Iris Apfel
31. “Whoever said that money can’t buy happiness, simply didn’t know where to go shopping.” — Bo Derek
32. “Fashion has to reflect who you are, what you feel at the moment, and where you’re going.” — Pharrell Williams
33. “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.” — Diana Vreeland
34. ”What you wear is such an expression of who you are. That’s like someone picking out who I’m going to date!” — Diane Kruger
35. “I wouldn’t take it as a compliment if someone looked at one of my shoes and said, ‘Oh, that looks like a comfortable shoe.’ There is a heel that is too high to walk in, certainly. But who cares? You don’t have to walk in high heels.” — Christian Louboutin
36. “I adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You can’t possess radiance, you can only admire it.” — Elizabeth Taylor
37. “Conformity is the only real fashion crime. To not dress like yourself and to sublimate your spirit to some kind of group identity is succumbing to fashion fascism.” — Simon Doonan
38. “I know what women look good in. I don’t think the rules ever change.” — Michael Kors
39. “I’ll stop wearing black when they make a darker color.” -Wednesday Addams
40. “Make it simple, but significant.” -Don Draper
41. “A great dress can make you remember what is beautiful about life.” -Rachel Roy
42. “People will stare. Make it worth their while.” -Harry Winston
43. “When you don’t dress like everybody else, you don’t have to think like everybody else.” -Iris Apfel
44. “Buy less, choose well.” -Vivienne Westwood
45. “To me, style is all about expressing your individuality freely and courageously.” -Timothy John
46. “Too much good taste can be very boring. Independent style, on the other hand, can be very inspiring.” -Diana Vreeland
47. “You’re never fully dressed without a smile.” -Little Orphan Annie
48. “Real style is never right or wrong. It’s a matter of being yourself on purpose.” -G. Bruce Boyer
49. “You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.” -Edith Head
50. “Walk like you have three men walking behind you.” – Oscar de la Renta
51. “Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.” -Yves Saint Laurent
52. “Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.” -Jean Cocteau
53. “Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world.” -Marilyn Monroe
54. “Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.” –Orson Welles
55. “I don’t believe in fashion. I believe in costume. Life is too short to be same person every day.” –Stephanie Perkins
56. “Style; all who have it have one thing: originality.” -Diana Vreeland
57. “Clothes have nothing until someone lives in them.” -Marc Jacobs
58. “I can’t concentrate in flats.” -Victoria Beckham
59. “Playing dress-up begins at age 5 and never really ends.” -Kate Spade
60. “Real style is never right or wrong. It’s a matter of being yourself on purpose.” -G. Bruce Boyer
61. “Isn’t elegance forgetting what one is wearing?” -Yves Saint Laurent
62. “Style is primarily a matter of instinct.” -Bill Blass
63. “Women who wear black lead colorful lives.” -Neiman Marcus
64. If loving fashion is a crime, we plead guilty.
65. “You can have anything you want if you dress for it.” –Edith Head
66. “I feel that flip-flops are the downfall of many relationships. It’s, like, first it’s the flip-flops, and then it’s the sweatpants…it’s the gateway drug to no sex.” –Lady Gaga
67. “When a woman says, ‘I have nothing to wear!’, what she really means is, ‘There’s nothing here for who I’m supposed to be today.”–Caitlin Moran
68. “I have 4 bedrooms in my house. 1 is for guests, the other 3 are for closets.” –André Leon Talley
69. “When you don’t feel to dress means that you are depressed. You need a fashion shower.” –Anna Dello Russo
70. “There was a photo of me with weird sunglasses on and a green sweatshirt, some striped thing, with tights and cowboy boots…I just saw that photo and thought, ‘God, I look crazy.’” -Mary-Kate Olsen
71. “I really would not call myself a fashion icon. I would call myself somebody who gets dressed by professionals…I would call me more of a monkey.” -Jennifer Lawrence
72. “I was at school when Britney Spears’ ‘Baby One More Time’ came out. I changed my uniform to look like hers. I just looked slutty after that, so thank you, Britney.” -Alexa Chung
73. “The message of a leopard-print jumpsuit is clear: ‘I am a huntress who delights in eating the offal of her prey.” -Simon Doonan
74. “Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping.” -Oscar Wilde
75. “I like Cinderella – she has a good work ethic and she likes shoes.” -Amy Adams
76. “What’s becoming very obvious to me is that fashion is art.” -Lupita Nyong’o
77. Fashion says “me too” style says “only me”—Anonymous
78. “I’ve always thought of accessories as the exclamation point of a woman’s outfit.” -Michael Kors
79. I firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world. —Bette Midler
80. “I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.” —Diana Vreeland
81. “A woman’s dress should be a like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.” —Sophia Loren
82. “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.” —Kate Moss
83. “When in doubt, wear red.” —Bill Blass
84. “Fashions fade, style is eternal.” —Yves Saint Laurent
85. “Anyone can get dressed up and glamorous, but it is how people dress in their days off that are the most intriguing.” —Alexander Wang
86. “How can you live the high life if you do not wear the high heels?” —Sonia Rykiel
87. “In difficult times, fashion is always outrageous.” —Elsa Schiaparelli
88. “The dress must follow the body of a woman, not the body following the shape of the dress.” —Hubert de Givenchy
89. “I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.” —Valentino Garavani
90. “People will stare. Make it worth their while.” —Harry Winston
91. “And now, I’m just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time.” —Lady Gaga
92. “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
93. “Elegance is elimination.” —Cristóbal Balenciaga
94. “Men tell me that I’ve saved their marriages. It costs them a fortune in shoes, but it’s cheaper than a divorce. So I’m still useful, you see” —Manolo Blahnik
95. “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
96. “Playing dress-up begins at age five and never truly ends.” —Kate Spade
97. “Elegance is not standing out, but being remembered.” —Giorgio Armani
98. “Your dresses should be tight enough to show you’re a woman and loose enough to show you’re a lady.” —Edith Head
99. “The hardest thing in fashion is not to be known for a logo, but to be known for a silhouette.” —Giambattista Valli
100. “I don’t approach fashion. Fashion approaches me!” —Daphne Guinness
101. “My look is a cocktail. I’m not as nicely turned out as the french, but I don’t care like the English.” —Jane Birkin
102. “I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity—all I hope for in my clothes. —Yves Saint Laurent
103. “Big girls need big diamonds.” —Elizabeth Taylor
104. “Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.”- Oscar de la Renta
105. “One of my primary objects is to form the tools so the tools themselves shall fashion the work and give to every part its just proportion.”- Eli Whitney
106. “Fashion and wearing clothes is a daily routine for everybody. What better way to spread the word of giving back and philanthropic ways of life than to wear something that gives back to charity?”- Patrick Schwarzenegger
107. “When I am putting looks together, I dare myself to make something work. I always look for the most interesting silhouette or something that’s a little off, but I have to figure it out. I have to make it me. I think that’s the thrill in fashion.”- Rihanna
108. “Fashion has always been a repetition of ideas, but what makes it new is the way you put it together.”- Carolina Herrera
109. “Fashion is a weapon that you can use when you need it.”- Donatella Versace
110. “Fashion is about dreaming and making other people dream.”- Donatella Versace
111. “Fashion is chaotic, and it can be an aggravation, too, but it is at its best when it allows you to express yourself.”- John Malkovich
112. “Fashion is all about happiness. It’s fun. It’s important. But it’s not medicine.”- Donatella Versace
113. “I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.”- William Shakespeare
114. “Fashion is to please your eye. Shapes and proportions are for your intellect.”- Carolina Herrera
115. “The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.”- William Shakespeare
116. “Most women are dissatisfied with their appearance – it’s the stuff that fuels the beauty and fashion industries.”- Annie Lennox
117. “Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.”- Oscar Wilde

What is your favorite fashion quote?

There you have it! A comprehensive list of the fashion quotes from the most known fashion icons! I hope these quotes inspire you, make you laugh, make you ponder, make you want to go shopping and make you want to dress your best!

Leave a comment below with your favorite fashion quote and why it’s your favorite!

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-V

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