Famous Fashion Quotes

"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

“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

"Elegance is the only beauty that never fades."

— Audrey Hepburn

"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 

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

— Yves Saint-Laurent

"Whoever said that money can’t buy happiness, simply didn’t know where to go shopping."

— Bo Derek

"The most beautiful clothes that can dress a woman are the arms of the man she loves."

— Yves Saint-Laurent

"Unique and different is the next generation of beautiful."

— Taylor Swift

"Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable."

— Donna Karan

"Fashion is so close in revealing a person’s inner feelings and everybody seems to hate to lay claim to vanity so people tend to push it away. It’s really too close to the quick of the soul."

— Stella Blum

"The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy."

— Yves Saint-Laurent

"Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony."

— Coco Chanel

"For people who know McQueen, there is always an underlying message. It’s usually only the intellectual ones who understand what’s going on in what I do."

— Alexander McQueen

"I’m human. If I didn’t make mistakes, I’d never learn. You can only go forward by making mistakes."

— Alexander McQueen

"Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them. To me, that is what distinguishes good designers from bad designers."

— Alexander McQueen

"There has to be a balance between your mental satisfaction and the financial needs of your company. (But) I always remember that it’s the fantasy, the artistic side, that makes customers want to buy the straightforward black pants."

— Alexander McQueen

"Give a girl the right shoes, and she can conquer the world."

— Marilyn Monroe

"Fashion has two purposes: comfort and love. Beauty comes when fashion succeeds."

— Coco Chanel