So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

A woman's dress should be like a barbed- wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.

A woman's dress should be like a barbed- wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.

The novelties of one generation are only the resuscitated
fashions of the generation before last.

The novelties of one generation are only the resuscitated
fashions of the generation before last.

"Style" is an expression of individualism mixed with charisma. Fashion is something that comes after style.

"Style" is an expression of individualism mixed with charisma. Fashion is something that comes after style.

A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.

A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes.

All the American women had purple noses and gray lips and their faces were chalk white from terrible powder. I read more

All the American women had purple noses and gray lips and their faces were chalk white from terrible powder. I recognized that the United States could be my life's work.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.

Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to read more

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.

A fashion is merely a form of ugliness so unbearable that we are compelled to alter it every six months.

A fashion is merely a form of ugliness so unbearable that we are compelled to alter it every six months.