“Vain trifles as they seem, clothes have, they say, more important offices than to merely keep us warm. They change our view of the world and the world’s view of us.” – Virginia Woolf. (Photo: Archive)
“Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.” – Coco Chanel. (Photo: Archive)
“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. (Photo: Archive)
“Fashion is what you’re offered four times a year by designers. And style is what you choose.” – Lauren Hutton. (Photo: Archive)
“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. (Photo: Archive)
“A woman’s dress should be a like a barbed- wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.” – Sophia Loren. (Photo: Archive)
“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. (Photo: Archive)
“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. (Photo: Archive)
“Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak” – Rachel Zoe. (Photo: Archive)
“I don’t design clothes. I design dreams.” – Ralph Lauren. (Photo: Archive)
“I like my money right where I can see it…hanging in my closet.” – Carrie Bradshaw. (Photo: Archive)
“It’s a new era in fashion – there are no rules. It’s all about the individual and personal style, wearing high- end, low- end, classic labels, and up- and- coming designers all together.” – Alexander McQueen. (Photo: Archive)
“Create your own style… let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.” – Anna Wintour. (Photo: Archive)
“If I’m going dancing, then I wear the highest heels with the shortest dress.” – Kate Moss. (Photo: Archive)
“I don’t consider my own clothing to be outrageous… The truth is that people just don’t have the same references that I do. To me it’s very beautiful and it’s art, and to them it’s outrageous and crazy” – Lady Gaga. (Photo: Archive)
“Buy less, choose well and do it yourself!” – Vivienne Westwood. (Photo: Archive)
“The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don’t wear her.” – Mary Quant. (Photo: Archive)
“Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world.” – Marilyn Monroe. (Photo: Archive)
“Shoes transform your body language and attitude. They lift you physically and emotionally.” – Christian Louboutin. (Photo: Archive)
“Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.” – Oscar Wilde. (Photo: Archive)
“The most important thing to remember is that you can wear all the greatest clothes and all the greatest shoes, but you’ve got to have a good spirit on the inside. That’s what’s really going to make you look like you’re ready to rock the world.” – Alicia Keys. (Photo: Archive)
The only real elegance is in the mind; if you’ve got that, the rest really comes from it.” – Diana Vreeland. (Photo: Archive)
“Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.” – Orson Welles. (Photo: Archive)
“I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.” – Katharine Hepburn. (Photo: Archive)
“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” – Coco Chanel. (Photo: Archive)
“Clothes mean nothing until someone lives in them” – Marc Jacobs. (Photo: Archive)
“One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress.” – Karl Lagerfeld. (Photo: Archive)
“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. (Photo: Archive)
Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.” – Jean Cocteau. (Photo: Archive)
“Anyone can get dressed up and glamorous, but it is how people dress in their days off that are the most intriguing.” – Alexander Wang. (Photo: Archive)
“Make your wardrobe as versatile as an actress. It should be able to play many roles.” ― Joan Crawford. (Photo: Archive)
“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. (Photo: Archive)
“When in doubt, wear red.” – Bill Blass. (Photo: Archive)
“Black is modest and arrogant at the same time. Black is lazy and easy – but mysterious. But above all black says this: ‘I don’t bother you – don’t bother me'” – Yohji Yamamoto. (Photo: Archive)
“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. (Photo: Archive)
Check out these iconic quotes from icons in the history of fashion. Certainly words to live by! Or at least dress by…
