Madeleine Vionnet quotes
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“The dress must not hang on the body but follow its lines. When a woman smiles the dress must smile with her.”
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“Insofar as one can talk of a Vionnet school, it comes mostly from my having been an enemy of fashion. There is something superficial and volatile about the seasonal and elusive whims of fashion which offends my sense of beauty.”
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“I only like decoration if it plays second to the architecture of a dress,”
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“The couturier should be a geometrician, for the human body makes geometrical figures to which the materials should correspond.”
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“Taste is the feeling that permits one to tell the difference between what is beautiful and what is merely spectacular.”
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“If a woman smiles, her dress must also smile.”
-- Madeleine Vionnet
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“Abstract art: a construction site for high fashion, for advertising, for furniture.”
Source : Adrienne Monnier (1976). “The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier”, p.216, U of Nebraska Press
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“I've worn a dress at my wedding. I've worn 6-inch Louboutins. I've got no fear and no shame.”
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“Dreams dress us carefully in the colors of power and faith.”
Source : Aberjhani (2014). “Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry”, p.68, Lulu.com
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“The challenge to be the best is what drives me and to just improve my body every day.”
Source : "Q&A: Packers' Aaron Rodgers talks yoga, social media, Super Bowls". Interview with Mike Vandermause, www.usatoday.com. June 12, 2014.
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Source : Interview with Spence D., www.ign.com. November 12, 2006.
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