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• Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.

  Henry Fielding

  Science, Inspire, Desire

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• You cannot fashion a wit out of two half-wits.

  Neil Kinnock

  Two, Half, Wit

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• Women should look like women. A piece of cardboard has no sexuality.

  Alexander McQueen

  Looks, Pieces, Sexuality

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• The boor covers himself, the rich man or the fool adorns himself, and the elegant man gets dressed.

  Honore de Balzac

  Men, Fool, Rich

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• I often take a brand-new suit or hat and throw it up against the wall a few times to get that stiff, square newness out of it.

  Fred Astaire

  Wall, Squares, Suits

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• Style is the answer to everything. A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing. To do a dull thing with style is preferable to doing a dangerous thing without it. To do a dangerous thing with style is what I call art.

  Charles Bukowski

  Art, Style, Dull

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• If people turn to look at you on the street, you are not well dressed, but either too stiff, too tight, or too fashionable.

  Beau Brummell

  People, Looks, Well Dressed

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• If you are trying to slip out without waking a sleeping man, zips are a nightmare. Haven't you ever tried to creep out of the room unnoticed the following morning? I've done that many times.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Morning, Sleep, Men

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• Law is vulnerable to the winds of intellectual or moral fashion, which it then validates as the commands of our most basic concept

  Robert Bork

  Wind, Law, Intellectual

  Robert H. Bork (1984). “Tradition and Morality in Constitutional Law”, Aei Press

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• There is no such thing as 'on the way out' as long as you are still doing something interesting and good; you're in the business because you're breathing.

  Louis Armstrong

  Breathing, Long, Interesting

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• I always say I hope to God I die in a town with a good tailor, a good shoemaker, and perhaps someone who's interested in a little quelque chose d'autre.

  Diana Vreeland

  Littles, Tailors, Towns

  Diana Vreeland (1997). “D.V.”

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• What I've done, Coco Chanel would never have done. She would have hated it.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Done, Hated

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• When you hear designers complaining about the challenge of their profession, you have to say: don't get carried away-it's only dresses.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Challenges, Dresses, Complaining

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• I'm a very down-to-earth person, but it is my job to make that earth more pleasant.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Jobs, Earth, Persons

  "Karl Lagerfeld Has 1,000 High-Collared White Shirts, His Father Made Condensed Milk, and More Fascinating Karl Intel!" by Danica Lo, www.glamour.com. November 7, 2011.

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• I have always dressed according to certain Basic Guy Fashion Rules,including: Both of your socks should always be the same color, Or they should at least both be fairly dark.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Humor, Dark

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• Once you establish a look, and once everybody recognizes that look as your look, you never have to think about fashion again.

  Douglas Coupland

  Thinking, Looks

  Douglas Coupland (2008). “JPod”, p.65, Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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  Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

  Leonardo da Vinci

  Inspirational, Leadership, Spiritual

  "The Recognitions". Book by William Gaddis, "Anselm", p. 457, 1955.

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• There is a heel that is too high to walk in, certainly. But who cares? You don't have to walk in high heels.

  Christian Louboutin

  High Heels, Who Cares, Walks

  "Christian Louboutin: How killer heels conquered fashion". Interview with Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. March 19, 2010.

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

  Bo Derek

  Funny, Money, Window Shopping

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

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• Art produces ugly things which frequently become beautiful with time.

  Jean Cocteau

  Beautiful, Art, Ugly Things

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• Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.

  Orson Welles

  Successful, Unique, Design

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• Playing dress up begins at age 5 and never really ends.

  Kate Spade

  Playing Dress Up, Age, Dresses

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• Attitude is everything.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Attitude, Heartfelt, Positive Attitude

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• It is the unseen, unforgettable, ultimate accessory of fashion that heralds your arrival and prolongs your departure.

  Coco Chanel

  Unseen, Accessories, Departure

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• We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.

  Yves Saint Laurent

  Inspirational, Icons, Design

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

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