Fashion Style Quotes:

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

- Mark Twain

topic: Inspirational, Funny, Sarcastic, Clothes And Shoes, Clothing Style

Clothes mean nothing until someone lives in them.

- Marc Jacobs

topic: Fashion, Mean, Clothes, Inspiring Fashion, Style Icons

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.

- Gore Vidal

source: FaceBook post by Gore Vidal from Feb 28, 2011

topic: Inspirational, Fashion, Hair, Individual Style, Inspiring Fashion

That is the key of this collection, 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

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Fashion, Being Yourself, Keys, Just Being You, Inspiring Fashion

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

- Yves Saint Laurent

topic: Fashion, Years, Clothes, Fashion Industry, Inspiring Fashion

Walk like you have three men walking behind you.

- Oscar de la Renta

source: "Oscar de la Renta's Legacy" by Vanessa Friedman, www.nytimes.com. October 22, 2014.

topic: Fashion, Men, Three, Walking Shoes, Style Icons

Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.

- Oscar de la Renta

source: FaceBook post by Oscar de la Renta from Oct 11, 2010

topic: Fashion, Being Yourself, Memorable, Inspiring Fashion, Love Fashion

Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess.

- Edna Woolman Chase

source: Edna Woolman Chase, Ilka Chase (1954). “Always in Vogue”

topic: Fashion, Style, Clothing Style, Fashion And Style, Fashion Style

Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.

- Audrey Hepburn

topic: Fashion, Elegance, Never Fade, Beauty Fades, Inspiring Fashion

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.

- Coco Chanel

source: "Chanel : A Woman of Her Own" by Axel Madsen, (p. 124), 1991.

topic: Fashion, Life Changing, Sky, Inspiring Fashion, Old Fashion

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

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Fashion, World, Today, Fashion Industry, Fashionista

The difference between style and fashion is quality.

- Giorgio Armani

topic: Fashion, Differences, Style, Style Icons, Clothing Style

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

- Epictetus

topic: Inspirational, Beauty, Fashion, Clothes And Shoes, Clothing Style

Luxury is the ease of a t-shirt in a very expensive dress.

- Karl Lagerfeld

topic: Fashion, Luxury, Style, Fashionista, Clothing Style

When a woman says, ‘I have nothing to wear!’, what she really means is, ‘There’s nothing here for who I’m supposed to be today.

- Caitlin Moran

source: Caitlin Moran (2011). “How To Be a Woman”, p.211, Random House

topic: Fashion, Mean, Today, Fashion Style

You gotta have style. It helps you get down the stairs. It helps you get up in the morning. It's a way of life. Without it, you're nobody.

- Diana Vreeland

topic: Fashion, Morning, Style, Style Icons, Fashion And Art

Shoes transform your body language and attitude. They lift you physically and emotionally.

- Christian Louboutin

source: "25 of the Best Fashion Quotes of All Time" by Lauren Hutton, Krystin Arneson, Megan Gustashaw, Glamour, 2011.

topic: Fashion, Attitude, Shoes, Fashion Industry, Fashionista

Dressing well is a form of good manners.

- Tom Ford

topic: Fashion, Good Man, Dressing Well, Fashionista, Clothes And Shoes

Fashion is what you're offered four times a year by designers. And style is what you choose.

- Lauren Hutton

source: "Lauren Hutton Styles Herself for J. Crew" by Joyann King, www.harpersbazaar.com. December 3, 2010.

topic: Fashion, Years, Style, Inspiring Fashion, Style Icons

Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are

- Gianni Versace

source: "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

topic: Fashion, Trends, Style Icons, Elegant, Fashionista

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

- Sophia Loren

source: "Good Morning, America" on ABC TV, en.wikiquote.org. August 10, 1979.

topic: Love, Fashion, Views, Inspiring Fashion, Clothes You Wear

I don't design clothes, I design dreams.

- Ralph Lauren

source: Quoted in N.Y. Times, 19 Apr. 1986

topic: Dream, Fashion, Clothes, Designer Clothes, Fashionista

Fashion fades, only style remains the same.

- Coco Chanel

topic: Inspirational, Fashion, Style, Couture, Fashion Accessory

Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.

- Jean Cocteau

topic: Fashion, Simple, Style, Style Icons, Fashion And Style

You can have anything you want

- Jenifer Lewis

topic: Want, Eldest, Inspirational Self Confidence, Inspirational Success Failure, Singleness

Never use the word “cheap”. 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 — it’s up to you.

- Karl Lagerfeld

source: "Karl Lagerfeld's Fashion Therapy". Harper's Bazaar Interview, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 13, 2009.

topic: Fashion, Women, Jeans, Clothing Style, Fashion And Style

Girls do not dress for boys. They dress for themselves, of course, each other. If girls dressed for boys, they'd just walk around naked at all times.

- Betsey Johnson

topic: Girl, Fashion, Boys, Inspiring Fashion, Being A Girl

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

- Coco Chanel

source: "Beauty in Bloom : A Collection of Beautiful Inspirations‎" by Natalie Bloom, (p. 23), 2009.

topic: Beauty, Fashion, Style, Makeup And Beauty, Fashion And Style

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

topic: Fashion, Real, Thinking, Style Icons, Old Shoes

Fashion is not necessarily about labels. It's not about brands. It's about something else that comes from within you.

- Ralph Lauren

source: Ralph Lauren's runway show, Fall 2008.

topic: Fashion, Labels, Brands, Inspiring Fashion, Style Icons

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

- Yves Saint Laurent

topic: Fashion, Pain, Pathetic, Fashion Inspirational, Fashion Style

Unshined shoes are the end of civilization.

- Diana Vreeland

source: Diana Vreeland (1985). “D.V.”, Vintage

topic: Fashion, Civilization, Shoes, Fashion And Style, Fashion Shoe

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

topic: Fashion, Style, Together, Individual Style, Inspiring Fashion

You either know fashion or you don't.

- Anna Wintour

source: "Front Row: Anna Wintour: The Cool Life and Hot Times of Vogue's Editor in Chief". Book by Jerry Oppenheimer, February 2005.

topic: Fashion, Inspiring Fashion, Fashion And Style, Fashion Style

Clothes are like a good meal, a good movie, great pieces of music.

- Michael Kors

source: Twitter post from Jan 8, 2013

topic: Fashion, Clothes, Good Movie, Fashion Industry, Inspiring Fashion

Whoever said money can't buy happiness simply didn't know where to go shopping.

- Bo Derek

topic: Funny, Money, Uprising, Inspiring Fashion, Prize Money

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

- Coco Chanel

topic: Inspirational, Happiness, Graduation, Inspirational High School Graduation, Inspirations Being Yourself

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

topic: Beautiful, Fashion, Giving, Inspiring Fashion, Fashion Design

Girls don't dress for boys....

- Betsey Johnson

topic: Girl, Boys, Dresses, Inspiring Fashion, Style Icons

It's better to have fewer things of quality than too much expendable junk.

- Rachel Zoe

source: Rachel Zoe, Rose Apodaca (2008). “Style A to Zoe: The Art of Fashion, Beauty, & Everything Glamour”, p.231, Hachette UK

topic: Fashion, Quality, Too Much, Fashion Style, Expendables

A women who doesn't wear perfume has no future.

- Coco Chanel

topic: Fashion Business, Fashionista, Fashion And Style, Fashion Icon, Fashion Inspiration

When you don't feel to dress means that you are depressed. You need a fashion shower.

- Anna Dello Russo

topic: Fashion, Mean, Dresses, Fashion Show, Fashion And Style

Fashion changes, but style endures.

- Coco Chanel

topic: Change, Fashion, Life Changing, Coquetry, Elegant

We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.

- Yves Saint Laurent

source: Yves Saint Laurent (1983). “Catalog of the Exhibition Held at the Costume”, p.21, Metropolitan Museum of Art

topic: Inspirational, Fashion, Design, Snobbery, Style Icons

You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.

- Edith Head

topic: Inspiring, Fashion, Dresses, Inspiring Fashion, Style Icons