Diana Vreeland

“The body must stay fit. Fit people like themselves much better.”

“Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal.”

“No one cuts backs like he did. No one knows what a back is anymore.”

“In a Balenciaga you were the only woman in the room - no other woman existed.”

“I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.”

“Red is the great clarifier - bright and revealing. I can't imagine becoming bored with red - it would be like becoming bored with the person you love.”

“The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.”

“Blue jeans are the most beautiful things since the gondola.”

“Pink is the navy blue of India.”

“Parents, you know, can be terrible.”

“Poor, darling fellow - he died of food. He was killed by the dinner table.”

“What do I think about the way most people dress? Most people are not something one thinks about.”

“The bikini is the most important thing since the atom bomb.”

“Exaggeration is my only reality.”

“Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more.”

“You don't have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive.”

“I always wear my sweater back-to-front; it is so much more flattering.”