233 of the Best Style & Fashion Quotes for Your Inspiration

The Best Fashion Quotes
We all love quotes, whether they be beach quotes or travel quotes, love quotes, cute 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.
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! Make sure you pin your favorite style quote image in Pinterest and follow me as I pin the many inspirational fashion and style photos daily!
The following fashion quotes are broken up by the most notable fashion icon and in 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! Let’s start with one of the most famous fashion designer quotes.
Coco Chanel Quotes
This famed French designer is best known for her womenโs 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 suitsโdesigned with a nod to menโs suits of the dayโand 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.
You’ll love her fashion quotes and they are at the very top of this list because not only are they daring but witty and inspirational as well! You’ll see Coco Chanel quotes all over boutique shops, in style books and maybe even framed and hung on your walls. Let me know if you love these fashion quotes as much as I do!
This is just a shortlist of her most famous fashion quotes of you want more Coco Chanel make sure to check out 47 of the Best Coco Chanel Quotes About Fashion, Life & Luxury!.
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โThe most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.โ โ Coco Chanel
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“Before you leave the house, look in the mirror and remove one accessory.” โCoco Chanel
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โFashion 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.โ โCoco Chanel
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โA girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.โ -Coco Chanel
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โFashion changes, but style endures.โ -Coco Chanel
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โFashion 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. โ Coco Chanel
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โIn order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.โ โ Coco Chanel
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“I don’t do fashion. I am fashion.” โCoco Chanel
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“A woman who doesn’t wear perfume has no future.” โCoco Chanel
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โThe most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.โ โCoco Chanel
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โThere are people who have money and people who are rich.โ โCoco Chanel
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“Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.โ โCoco Chanel
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โNature 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.โ โCoco Chanel
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โThe best things in life are free. The second-best are very expensive.โ โCoco Chanel
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โA woman with good shoes is never ugly.โ โCoco Chanel
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โDonโt spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.โ โCoco Chanel
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โDress like you are going to meet your worst enemy today.โ โCoco Chanel
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โAll men are children, and if you understand that, a woman understands everything.โ โCoco Chanel
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โElegance is refusal.โ โCoco Chanel
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โSome people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.โ โCoco Chanel
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โI donโt understand how a woman can leave the house without fixing herself up a littleโif only out of politeness. And then, you never know, maybe thatโs the day she has a date with destiny. And itโs best to be as pretty as possible for destiny.โ โCoco Chanel
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โLook for the woman in the dress. If there is no woman, there is no dress.โ โCoco Chanel
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โYou live but once; you might as well be amusing.โ โCoco Chanel
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โI donโt care what you think about me. I donโt think about you at all.โ โCoco 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 styleโand love of Blahniks, Louboutins, and shoes in generalโhelped shape the face of American fashion in the early 2000s. Her flair for the dramatic and mixing of stylesโt-shirts with tulle skirts, lots of feathers and rufflesโoften seemed incongruent with the Manhattan streets that she and her cohorts traipsed about, but the public loved her style and overall fashion sense.
If you love fashion and Sex in the City then yes you’re going to love these fashion quotes. These style quotes will make you ponder and laugh. If you watched this show, I think you know what to expect.
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โI like my money right where I can see it: hanging in my closet.โ โ Carrie Bradshaw
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โWhen 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.โ โ Carrie Bradshaw
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โWomen come to New York for the two Ls- Labels & Love.โ โ Carrie Bradshaw
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“Iโve spent $40,000 on shoes and I have no place to live? I will literally be the old woman who lived in her shoes!โ โ Carrie Bradshaw
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โThe fact is, sometimes itโs really hard to walk in a single womanโs shoes. Thatโs why we need really special ones now and then to make the walk a little more funโ.โ โ Carrie Bradshaw
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โOh my God! Do you know what these are? Manolo Blahnik Mary Janes! I thought these were an urban shoe myth!โ โ Carrie Bradshaw
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โI will never be the woman with the perfect hair, who can wear white and not spill on it.โ โ Carrie Bradshaw
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โI couldnโt understand a word she was saying, but I felt I had in my possession all the Italian Iโd ever need to know: Dolce, Dolce, Dolce.โ โ Carrie Bradshaw
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“They say nothing lasts forever. Dreams change, trends come and go, but friendships never go out of style!โ โ Carrie Bradshaw
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“Every year the women of New York leave the past behind and look forward to the futureโฆthis is known as Fashion Week!โ โ Carrie Bradshaw
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“I have a style and jeweled panties arenโt it.โ โ 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 so you know her fashion quotes are going to pack a punch.
Commanding front row seats at Paris, Milan, and New York fashion weeks, and has been known to make or break a designer she is one who’s style quotes hold incredible weight in the fashion industry.
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โYou either know fashion or you donโt.โ โ Anna Wintour
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“Itโs always about timing. If itโs too soon, no one understands. If itโs too late, everyoneโs forgotten.” – Anna Wintour
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“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
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“If you can’t be better than your competition, just dress better.” – Anna Wintour
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“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
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“People respond well to those that are sure of what they want.” – Anna Wintour
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“The best way to make dream come true is to wake up.” – Anna Wintour
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“Fashion is not beautiful, neither is it ugly. Why should it be either? Fashion is fashion.” – Anna Wintour
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“You either know fashion or you don’t.” – Anna Wintour
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“Fashion goes in only one direction -forward- and I am a firm believer in thinking that way too.” – Anna Wintour
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“There is something about fashion that can make people really nervous.” – Anna Wintour
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“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
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“It’s the mishaps that make it fun, and brings you the surprise.” – Anna Wintour
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“Some people have the Bible. I have Vogue.” – Anna Wintour
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“It’s important for young women and men coming out of the fashion schools to think seriously before starting their own collections.” – Anna Wintour
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“There’s a new kind of woman out thereโฆShe doesn’t have time to shop anymore. She wants to know what and why and where and how.” – Anna Wintour
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“Even if I’m completely unsure, I’ll pretend I know exactly what I’m talking about and make a decision.” – Anna Wintour
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“To be in Vogue has to mean something” – Anna Wintour
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“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
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“Fashion’s not about looking back. It’s always about looking forward.” – Anna Wintour
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“There’s always a way to wear fur.” – Anna Wintour
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“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
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“One should look forward rather than backwards.” – Anna Wintour
Ralph Lauren Quotes
This quintessential American designer is the brains behind Polo and keeps classic clothingโlike his signature polo and oxford shirtsโat the forefront of fashion. His timeless pieces are staples in many a closet, and both are menโs and womenโs fragrances are now standards at stores across the country. Heโs 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.
If you love his classic all American style then you’re going to love these fashion quotes. I love classics, timeless pieces so the following Ralph Lauren Quotes really resonate with my personal style.
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“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
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“I don’t design clothes. I design dreams.” โRalph Lauren
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โStyle is very important. It has nothing to do with fashion. Fashion is over quickly. Style lasts forever.โ -Ralph Lauren
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โFashion is not necessarily about labels. Itโs not about brands. Itโs about something else that comes from within you.โ โ Ralph Lauren
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“Personal style is about a sense of yourself, a sense of what you believe in and wearing what you like.” – Ralph Lauren
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“I never said to myself, “I’m going to be the greatest.” I just wanted to do my own thing.” – Ralph Lauren
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“Each day is an occasion to reinvent ourselves” – Ralph Lauren
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“For me, style is about quality, integrity and timelessness. It is free of trends but always feels fresh and new.” – Ralph Lauren
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“Personal style is about taking a risk, trying something unexpected, and having fun with fashion, but always being true to yourself.” – Ralph Lauren
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“I believe one can live many lives through personal style. Every day is an occasion to reinvent yourself” – Ralph Lauren
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“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
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“Fashion is transient, trends come and go. I believe in style, not fashion.” – Ralph Lauren
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“I’m interested in longevity, timelessness, style – not fashion.” – Ralph Lauren
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“Fashion is a function of lifestyle, and style a function of quality, integrity and timelessness.” – Ralph Lauren
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“I have always loved things that are timeless and get better with age.” – Ralph Lauren
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“Every time I design clothes, I’m making a movie.” – Ralph Lauren
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“I don’t like it when a woman looks like a fashion victim.” – Ralph Lauren
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“I like romance, I like glamour and I like realism. I think that’s a great combination.” – Ralph Lauren
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“You have to create something from nothing.” – Ralph Lauren
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“We all have to fight to maintain our unique style and taste in a world that would have us conform.” – Ralph Lauren
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“I’ve never wanted to be in fashion. Because if you’re in fashion, you’re going to be out of fashion.” – Ralph Lauren
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“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
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“Itโs easier to follow fashion than it is to have personal style.” – Ralph Lauren
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“I believe in style, not fashion.” – Ralph Lauren
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“I am constantly drawing inspiration from everything I see-the places I travel, the people I know and the movies I see.” – Ralph Lauren
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“If I get to the point where I don’t like my clothes, I’m in big trouble.” – Ralph Lauren
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“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
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“Love the fun of clothes, not the status of fashion.” – Ralph Lauren
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“..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 remained Creative Director until February 19, 2019, when he passed away.
He was the creator the CC monograph, which is used as a signature fabric in Chanelโs clothes and accessories. In contrast to the style of Chanel, Lagerfeld has challenged fashion norms at time, such as using the Qurโan 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 collaborationsโDiesel, H&M, Steiff, Orreforsโand continued to produce some magnificent haute couture collections until his passing.
Luxury, decadence, and daring are Karl Lagerfeld’s fashion quotes. Use these style quotes for your Instagram captions when you need a little luxury and a whole lot of confidence.
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“Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.” โKarl Lagerfeld
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“One is never over-dressed or under-dressed with a Little Black Dress.” โKarl Lagerfeld
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โIโm a very down-to-earth person, but it is my job to make that earth more pleasant.โ โ Karl Lagerfeld
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โWhat Iโve done, Coco Chanel would never have done. She would have hated it.โ โ Karl Lagerfeld
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โWhen you hear designers complaining about the challenge of their profession, you have to say: donโt get carried awayโitโs only dresses.โ โ Karl Lagerfeld
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โTrendy is the last stage before tacky.โ โ Karl Lagerfeld
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โNever use the word โcheapโ. 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 โ itโs up to you.โ โ Karl Lagerfeld
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โFashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.โ โ Karl Lagerfeld
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โWe need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates fashion. Itโs like hunger and thirst โ you need them both.โ โ Karl Lagerfeld
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โI want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern.โ โ Karl Lagerfeld
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โLuxury is the ease of a t-shirt in a very expensive dress.โ โ Karl Lagerfeld
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โIn a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and even clothes, the discussion of fur is childish.โ โ Karl Lagerfeld
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โBuy what you donโt 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.โ โ Karl Lagerfeld
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โFashion and music are the same, because music express its period too.โ โ Karl Lagerfeld
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โFashion is about going ahead, not about memory.โ โ Karl Lagerfeld
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โFashion is neither moral or immoral, but it is for rebuilding the morale.โ โ Karl Lagerfeld
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โFashion is about two things: the evolution and the opposite.โ โ Karl Lagerfeld
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โKeep the best, forget the rest.โ โ 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 Tiffanyโs, 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.
These fashion quotes are many people’s favorites because Audrey Hepburn was classy and confident and these fashion quotes truly reflect that.
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“My look is attainable. Women can look like Audrey Hepburn by flipping out their hair, buying the large sunglasses, and the little sleeveless dresses.” โAudrey Hepburn
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โWhy change? Everyone has their own style. When you have found it, you should stick to it.โ โAudrey Hepburn
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โThereโs a shade of red for every woman.โ โAudrey Hepburn
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โSome people dream of having a big swimming pool. With me, itโs closets.โ โAudrey Hepburn
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โLife is a party. Dress like it.โ โAudrey Hepburn
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โElegance is the only beauty that never fades.โ โAudrey Hepburn
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โMakeup can only make you look pretty on the outside, but it doesnโt help if youโre ugly on the inside. Unless you eat the makeup.โ โAudrey Hepburn
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โThere is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I donโt 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.โ โAudrey Hepburn
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โThe 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.โ โAudrey Hepburn
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โI believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls.โ โAudrey Hepburn

Other Quotes About Fashion
The following list of fashion quotes is very long. I didn’t have enough to group them under a specific category so here are the rest of the best style quotes.
These fashion sayings are from other fashion designers, models, actresses, singers, and artists. These fashion quotes are inspirational, funny, for men and women. They are for those in the fashion industry and those that are just looking for the perfect quote for their best friend because of how much they love fashion
Scroll through the rest and I hope you find the fashion quote you were looking for!
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โFashion is what youโre offered four times a year by designers. And style is what you choose.โ โ Lauren Hutton
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โYou 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.โ โ Christian Dior
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โI loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.โ โ Diana Vreeland
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โThe customer is the final filter. What survives the whole process is what people wear. Iโm not interested in making clothes that end up in some dusty museum.โ โ Marc Jacobs
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โI think there is beauty in everything. What โnormalโ people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it.โ โ Alexander McQueen
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โShoes transform your body language and attitude. They lift you physically and emotionally.โ โ Christian Louboutin
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โI always feel that if youโre gonna be uncomfortable and unhappy in something, just because you think itโs in or itโs chic, I would advise you to be happy rather than well-dressed. Itโs better to be happy.โ โ Iris Apfel
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โPure, intense emotions. Itโs not about design. Itโs about feelings.โ โ Alber Elbaz
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“I have always believed that fashion was not only to make women more beautiful but also to reassure them, give them confidence.โ โ Yves Saint Laurent
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โStyle is a way to say who you are without having to speak.โ โ Rachel Zoe
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โIt pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic by fashion.โ โ Yves Saint Laurent
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โFashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life.โ โ Bill Cunningham
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โAlways dress like youโre going to see your worst enemy.โ โ Kimora Lee
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โClothes mean nothing until someone lives in them.โ โ Marc Jacobs
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โWe must never confuse elegance with snobbery.โ โ Yves Saint Laurent
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โFashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.โ โ Sir Francis Bacon
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โGirls do not dress for boys. They dress for themselves, of course, each other. If girls dressed for boys, theyโd just walk around naked at all times.โ โ Betsey Johnson
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โFashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.โ โ Vivienne Westwood
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โPeople say, โWhat do you mean you want to help the world, but youโre so concerned about fashion?โ Itโs illegal to be naked. It is something that is extremely important.โ โ Kanye West
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โFashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.โ โ Alexander McQueen
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โOver the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.โ โ Yves Saint Laurent
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โWe donโt need fashion to survive, we just desire it so much.โ โ Marc Jacobs
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โIn a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable.โ โ Christian Dior
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โClothes are like a good meal, a good movie, great pieces of music.โ โ Michael Kors
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โThe joy of dressing is an art.โ โ John Galliano
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โDonโt be into trends. Donโt 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.โ โ Gianni Versace
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โFashion somehow, for me, is purely and happily irrational.โ โ Hedi Slimane
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โI donโt want a politician whoโs thinking about fashion for even one millisecond. Itโs 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.โ โ Simon Doonan
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โI think that because Iโm overweight, [my] fantasy was lightness. So I project my fantasy to the clothes, and now all I do is light, light clothes because itโs the one thing I donโt have. That is why Iโm too afraid to lose weight because then I might make heavy clothes.โ โ Alber Elbaz
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โWhen 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 donโt want to look at some slob with an open shirt and a hairy chest. At least I donโt.โ โ Iris Apfel
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โWhoever said that money canโt buy happiness, simply didnโt know where to go shopping.โ โ Bo Derek
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โFashion has to reflect who you are, what you feel at the moment, and where youโre going.โ โ Pharrell Williams
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โYou gotta have style. It helps you get down the stairs. It helps you get up in the morning. Itโs a way of life. Without it, youโre nobody.โ โ Diana Vreeland
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โWhat you wear is such an expression of who you are. Thatโs like someone picking out who Iโm going to date!โ โ Diane Kruger
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โI wouldnโt take it as a compliment if someone looked at one of my shoes and said, โOh, that looks like a comfortable shoe.โ There is a heel that is too high to walk in, certainly. But who cares? You donโt have to walk in high heels.โ โ Christian Louboutin
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โI adore wearing gems, but not because they are mine. You canโt possess radiance, you can only admire it.โ โ Elizabeth Taylor
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โConformity 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.โ โ Simon Doonan
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โI know what women look good in. I donโt think the rules ever change.โ โ Michael Kors
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โIโll stop wearing black when they make a darker color.โ -Wednesday Addams
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โMake it simple, but significant.โ -Don Draper
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โA great dress can make you remember what is beautiful about life.โ -Rachel Roy
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โPeople will stare. Make it worth their while.โ -Harry Winston
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โWhen you donโt dress like everybody else, you donโt have to think like everybody else.โ -Iris Apfel
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โBuy less, choose well.โ -Vivienne Westwood
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โTo me, style is all about expressing your individuality freely and courageously.โ -Timothy John
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โToo much good taste can be very boring. Independent style, on the other hand, can be very inspiring.โ -Diana Vreeland
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โYouโre never fully dressed without a smile.โ -Little Orphan Annie
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โReal style is never right or wrong. Itโs a matter of being yourself on purpose.โ -G. Bruce Boyer
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โYou can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.โ -Edith Head
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โWalk like you have three men walking behind you.โ โ Oscar de la Renta
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โOver the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.โ -Yves Saint Laurent
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โStyle is a simple way of saying complicated things.โ -Jean Cocteau
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โGive a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world.โ -Marilyn Monroe
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โStyle is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.โ โOrson Welles
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โI donโt believe in fashion. I believe in costume. Life is too short to be same person every day.โ โStephanie Perkins
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โStyle; all who have it haveย one thing: originality.โ -Diana Vreeland
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โClothes have nothing until someone lives in them.โ -Marc Jacobs
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โI canโt concentrate in flats.โ -Victoria Beckham
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โPlaying dress-up begins at age 5 and never really ends.โ -Kate Spade
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โReal style is never right or wrong. Itโs a matter of being yourself on purpose.โ -G. Bruce Boyer
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โIsnโt elegance forgetting what one is wearing?โ -Yves Saint Laurent
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โStyle is primarily a matter of instinct.โ -Bill Blass
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โWomen who wear black lead colorful lives.โ -Neiman Marcus
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If loving fashion is a crime, we plead guilty.
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โYou can have anything you want if you dress for it.โ โEdith Head
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โI feel that flip-flops are the downfall of many relationships. Itโs, like, first itโs the flip-flops, and then itโs the sweatpantsโฆitโs the gateway drug to no sex.โ โLady Gaga
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โWhen a woman says, โI have nothing to wear!โ, what she really means is, โThereโs nothing here for who Iโm supposed to be today.โโCaitlin Moran
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โI have 4 bedrooms in my house. 1 is for guests, the other 3 are for closets.โ โAndrรฉ Leon Talley
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โWhen you donโt feel to dress means that you are depressed. You need a fashion shower.โ โAnna Dello Russo
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โThere was a photo of me with weird sunglasses on and a green sweatshirt, some striped thing, with tights and cowboy bootsโฆI just saw that photo and thought, โGod, I look crazy.โโ -Mary-Kate Olsen
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โI really would not call myself a fashion icon. I would call myself somebody who gets dressed by professionalsโฆI would call me more of a monkey.โ -Jennifer Lawrence
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โI was at school when Britney Spearsโ โBaby One More Timeโ came out. I changed my uniform to look like hers. I just looked slutty after that, so thank you, Britney.โ -Alexa Chung
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โThe message of a leopard-print jumpsuit is clear: โI am a huntress who delights in eating the offal of her prey.โ -Simon Doonan
โCrying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping.โ -Oscar Wilde
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โI like Cinderella โ she has a good work ethic and she likes shoes.โ -Amy Adams
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โWhatโs becoming very obvious to me is that fashion is art.โ -Lupita Nyongโ
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โFashion says โme tooโ style says โonly meโโAnonymous
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โIโve always thought of accessories as the exclamation point of a womanโs outfit.โ -Michael Kors
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โI firmly believe that with the right footwear one can rule the world.” โBette Midler
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“I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.” โDiana Vreeland
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“A woman’s dress should be a like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.” โSophia Loren
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“Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.” โKate Moss
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“When in doubt, wear red.” โBill Blass
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“Fashions fade, style is eternal.” โYves Saint Laurent
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“Anyone can get dressed up and glamorous, but it is how people dress in their days off that are the most intriguing.” โAlexander Wang
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“How can you live the high life if you do not wear the high heels?” โSonia Rykiel
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“In difficult times, fashion is always outrageous.” โElsa Schiaparelli
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“The dress must follow the body of a woman, not the body following the shape of the dress.” โHubert de Givenchy
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“I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.” โValentino Garavani
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“People will stare. Make it worth their while.” โHarry Winston
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“And now, I’m just trying to change the world, one sequin at a time.” โLady Gaga
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“A little bad taste is like a nice splash of paprika. We all need a splash of bad tasteโit’s hearty, it’s healthy, it’s physical. I think we could use more of it. No taste is what I’m against.” โDiana Vreeland
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“Elegance is elimination.” โCristรณbal Balenciaga
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“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” โManolo Blahnik
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“What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language.” โMiuccia Prada
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“Playing dress-up begins at age five and never truly ends.” โKate Spade
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“Elegance is not standing out, but being remembered.” โGiorgio Armani
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“Your dresses should be tight enough to show you’re a woman and loose enough to show you’re a lady.” โEdith Head
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“The hardest thing in fashion is not to be known for a logo, but to be known for a silhouette.” โGiambattista Valli
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“I don’t approach fashion. Fashion approaches me!” โDaphne Guinness
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“My look is a cocktail. I’m not as nicely turned out as the french, but I don’t care like the English.” โJane Birkin
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“I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicityโall I hope for in my clothes. โYves Saint Laurent
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“Big girls need big diamonds.” โElizabeth Taylor
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“Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.”- Oscar de la Renta
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“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
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“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
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“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
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“Fashion has always been a repetition of ideas, but what makes it new is the way you put it together.”- Carolina Herrera
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“Fashion is a weapon that you can use when you need it.”- Donatella Versace
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“Fashion is about dreaming and making other people dream.”- Donatella Versace
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“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
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“Fashion is all about happiness. It’s fun. It’s important. But it’s not medicine.”- Donatella Versace
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“I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.”- William Shakespeare
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“Fashion is to please your eye. Shapes and proportions are for your intellect.”- Carolina Herrera
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“The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.”- William Shakespeare
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“Most women are dissatisfied with their appearance – it’s the stuff that fuels the beauty and fashion industries.”- Annie Lennox
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“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 fashion quotes from the most known fashion icons! I hope these style 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!
Stay Stylish!
-V
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Alicia Byrne
I especially liked your sharing by Yves Saint Laurent saying that fashion fade but the style is eternal. I think that having that printed on your clothes can really make a statement about your style. My daughter is celebrating her birthday soon and since she likes wearing T-shirts, I can find her one that has motivational quotes on it. I’m sure she’ll love it!
Jeller
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Astha
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Stella White
What a great idea. How did you manage to find so many quotes? I spent 30 minutes reading them all. Thank you ๐
Paula
Wow super cool fashion I have read recently. Thanks for giving us a chance to read all together.
Navya
Love this post…:)
Sindy Parker
It’s a great idea, publishing all these fashion quotes at one place. I love this one from Coco – โI donโt do fashion. I am fashion.โ
Martha Rose
This is just awesome. Thanks for putting them all in one place. Great effort.