TOP 50 FASHION QUOTES FOR 2013

We’ve put together the best fashion quotes for 2013. These quotes will inspire, awaken creativity and entertain. Here’s to the New Year – may it bring style, elegance and gorgeous garments for all! 

Here are our top 50 fashion quotes for 2013:

1. “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

2. “Fashion fades, only style remains the same.” ~ Coco Chanel 

3. "The woman is the most perfect doll that i have dressed with delight and admiration." ~ Karl Lagerfeld

4. "I think there is beauty in everything. What ‘normal’ people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it." ~ Alexander McQueen

5. "The only real elegance is in the mind; if you’ve got that, the rest really comes from it.” ~ Diana Vreeland

6. "The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It’s the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows & the beauty of a woman only grows with passing years." ~ Audrey Hepburn

7. "Fashions fade, style is eternal.” ~ Yves Saint-Laurent

8. "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

9. "One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a Little Black Dress." ~ Karl Lagerfeld

10. "I like being a woman, even in a man’s world. After all, men can’t wear dresses, but we can wear the pants." ~ Whitney Houston

11. "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

12. “So soon as a fashion is Universal, it is out of date.” ~ Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

13. "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

14. "Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.” ~ Audrey Hepburn

15. "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

16. "While clothes may not make the woman, they certainly have a strong effect on her self-confidence — which, I believe, does make the woman.” ~ Mary Kay Ashe

17. "Be sure what you want and be sure about yourself. Fashion is not just beauty, it’s about good attitude. You have to believe in yourself and be strong." ~ Adriana Lima

18. "Whoever said that money can’t buy happiness, simply didn’t know where to go shopping.” ~ Bo Derek

19. “You can never be overdressed or overeducated.” ~ Oscar Wilde

20. “A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.” ~ Coco Chanel

21. “Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.” ~ Coco Chanel

22. “The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.” ~ Yves Saint-Laurent

23. “I don't do fashion, I AM fashion.” ~ Coco Chanel

24. “I wanted to give a woman comfortable clothes that would flow with her body. A woman is closest to being naked when she is well-dressed.” ~ Coco Chanel

25. “A fashion is merely a form of ugliness so unbearable that we are compelled to alter it every six months.” ~ Oscar Wilde

26. “When in doubt, wear red.” ~ Bill Blass

27. “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” ~ Mark Twain

28. “Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.” ~ Quentin Crisp

29. “It is the unseen, unforgettable, ultimate accessory of fashion that heralds your arrival and prolongs your departure.” ~ Coco Chanel

30. "Just around the corner in every woman's mind - is a lovely dress, a wonderful suit, or entire costume which will make an enchanting new creature of her." ~ Wilhela Cushman

31. "Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.” ~ Christian Dior

32. "Style is an expression of individualism mixed with charisma. Fashion is something that comes after style.” ~ John Fairchild

33. "The difference between style and fashion is quality.” ~ Giorgio Armani

34. "The dress must follow the body of a woman, not the body following the shape of the dress." ~ Hubert de Givenchy

35. "Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.” ~ Karl Lagerfeld

36. "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

37. "Elegance is a question of personality, more than one's clothing.” ~ Jean-Paul Gaultier

38. "The dress must not hang on the body but follow its lines. It must accompany its wearer and when a woman smiles the dress must smile with her.” ~ Madeleine Vionnet

39. “Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.” ~ Gore Vidal

40. “Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.” ~ Jean Cocteau

41. “Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.” ~ Sophia Loren

42. “You have a much better life if you wear impressive clothes.” ~ Vivienne Westwood

43. “Only great minds can afford a simple style.” ~ Stendal


44. “Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.” ~ Epictetus

45. “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

46. “Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world.” ~ Marilyn Monroe

47. “Design is a constant challenge to balance comfort with luxe, the practical with the desirable.” ~ Donna Karan

48. “In difficult times, fashion is always outrageous.” ~ Elsa Schiaparelli

49. “Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.” ~ Coco Chanel

50. “Isn’t elegance forgetting what one is wearing?” ~ Yves Saint Laurent

What are your favourite fashion quotes? Tell us in the comments section below. We’d love to hear from you!

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Posted by Elizabeth Joss on Dec. 27, 2012, 2:55 p.m.