Inspirations

The best colour in the whole world is the one looks good on you

Coco Chanel

With white, one can never put a foot wrong

Coco Chanel

Fashion is architecture: It is a matter of proportion

Coco Chanel

The dress must follow the body of a woman, not the body following the shape of the dress

Hubert de Givenchy

You have to look at yourself objectively. Analyse yourself like an instrument. You have to be absolutely frank. Face your handicaps. Don't try to hide them. Instead, develop something else

Audrey Hephurn

In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different

Coco Chanel

The key is being yourself. 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

How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone

Coco Chanel

Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly

Epictetus

I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men

Marlene Dietrich

I'd like to believe that the women who wear my clothes are not dressing for other people, that they're wearing what they like and what them. It's not a status thing

Marc Jacobs

At forty, women used to exchange youth for elegance, poise, and mysterious allure, and evolution that left them undamaged. Now they measure themselves against the very young with defences that can only be described as ridiculous

Coco Chanel

This ageing thing is really ridiculous. Sure, you don't look the same, your waistline is different, your knees, but they are all souvenirs of living... I mean, if you are 75 with a young face, you are still 75

Diane von Fuerstenberg

Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it

Yves Saint Laurent

A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes

Vera Wang

There is no such thing as an ugly woman- there are only the ones who do not know how to make themselves attractive

Christian Dior

We don't live in a world of reality, we live in a world of perceptions. No woman can be well dressed unless she is comfortable in what she is wearing

Bill Blass

Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume

Vera Wang

Style is very different from fashion. Once you find something that works, keep it

Tom Ford, Gucci

Fashions fade, style is eternal

Yves Saint Laurent

Fashion is general. Style is individual

Edna Woolman Chase

It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion

Yves Saint Laurent

I am against fashion that does’t last. I cannot accept that you throw your clothes away just because it is spring

Coco Chanel

When putting a wardrobe together, if your budget is limited, the most important thing is having the discipline to invest in one or two beautiful key pieces and mixing these with classic pieces like the cashmere sweater, the great jeans, the perfect crisp white shirt.Plan your long-term wardrobe. Only buy pieces that you can't live without; don’t be tempted by disposable

Roland Mouret

Shoes are more important than suits and dresses. Buy one pair of good shoes instead of three pair of bad quality

Marlene Dietrich

The sooner you become your own best friend, the better live will be

Diane von Fuerstenberg

Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury

Coco Chanel

Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress

Coco Chanel

There’s no such thing as a plain woman. Everyone has attractive points, so my advice is to accentuate your best assets

Dita von Teese

Don't be predictable-be you

Natalie Massenet of net-a-porter.com

Jeans represent democracy in fashion

Giorgio Armani

I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes

Yves Saint Laurent

Now is the most exciting time in fashion. Women are controlling their destiny now, the consumer is more knowledgeable, and I have to be better every single day

Oscar de la Renta

She clearly loves clothes, but says she has 'stopped buying fashion magazines'. I mean, it's such fun, but I don't want to be influenced by everyone else about what's cool or not cool; I want to be who I want to be

Liv Tyler

I love fashion, but I'm not obsessed with it

Christy Turlington

Fashion is all about happiness. It's fun. It's important. But it's not medicine

Donatella Versace

Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well

Vivienne Westwood

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

Jewellery isn’t meant to make you look rich, its meant to adorn you, and that’s not the same thing

Coco Chanel