Christian Dior
You can wear black at any time. You can wear it at any age. You may wear it for almost any occasion; a 'little black frock' is essential to a woman's wardrobe.Collection: Time
We were emerging from the period of war, of uniforms, of women-soldiers built like boxers. I drew women-flowers, soft shoulders, fine waists like liana and wide skirts like corolla.Collection: War
After women, flowers are the most lovely thing God has given the world.Collection: God
Women are most fascinating between the ages of 35 and 40 after they have won a few races and know how to pace themselves. Since few women ever pass 40, maximum fascination can continue indefinitely.Collection: Women
A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture, designed to enhance the proportions of the female body.Collection: Architecture
Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.Collection: Beauty
You can never really go wrong if you take nature as an example.Collection: Nature
Women, with their sure instincts, realized that my intention was to make them not just more beautiful but also happier.Collection: Women
All I required to be happy was friendship and people I could admire.Collection: Friendship
Deep in every heart slumbers a dream, and the couturier knows it: every woman is a princess.
The detail is as important as the essential is. When it is inadequate, it destroys the whole outfit.
A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting.
I wanted to be considered a good craftsman. I wanted my dresses to be constructed like buildings, molded to the curves of the female form, stylizing its shape.
Bright reds - scarlet, pillar-box red, crimson or cherry - are very cheerful and youthful. There is certainly a red for everyone.
Without foundations, there can be no fashion.
Colour is what gives jewels their worth. They light up and enhance the face. Nothing is more elegant than a black skirt and sweater worn with a sparkling multi-stoned necklace.
My dream is to save women from nature.
A country, a style or an epoch are interesting only for the idea behind them.
In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable.
Haute couture is like an orchestra, for which only Balenciaga is the conductor. The rest of us are just musicians, following the directions he gives us.
Finally, everything that has been part of my life, whether I wanted it to or not, has expressed itself in my dresses.
White is pure and simple and matches with everything.
The tones of gray, pale turquoise and pink will prevail.
From his very first works, it was clear that Henri Sauguet would bring spontaneity, romance, and a nonacademic approach back to modern music.
On vacation, you can wear all the colorful and casual clothing that you like, but you must always be elegant.
Individuality will always be one of the conditions of real eleganceCollection: Real
Elegance must be the right combination of distinction, naturalness, care and simplicity. Outside this, believe me, there is no elegance. Only pretension.Collection: Believe
Simplicity, good taste and grooming are the three fundamentals of good dressing and these do not cost money.Collection: Fashion
Real elegance is everywhere, especially in the things that don't show.Collection: Fashion
Black is the most slimming of all Colors. It is the most flattering. You can wear black at any Time. You can wear it at any age. You can wear it for almost any occasion. I could write a book about black.Collection: Book
It is not money that makes you well dressed: it is understanding.Collection: Understanding
Deep in every heart slumbers a dream and the couturier knows it: every woman is a princessCollection: Dream
My dream? To make women happier and more beautiful.Collection: Beautiful
By being natural and sincere, one often can create revolutions without having sought them.Collection: Creativity
Real woman should be capricious.Collection: Real
Deep in every heart slumbers a dreamCollection: Dream
You can never really go wrong if you take nature as an exampleCollection: Example
There is no such thing as an ugly woman - there are only the ones who do not know how to make themselves attractive.Collection: Ugly
Perfume is the indispensable complement to the personality of women, the finishing touch on a dress.Collection: Personality
No fashion is ever a success unless it is used as a form of seduction.Collection: Fashion
If you have hooked legs, wear big decolte.Collection: Legs
Black and white might be sufficient. But why deprive yourself of color.Collection: Black And White
My weakness ... is architecture. I think of my work as ephemeral architecture, dedicated to the beauty of the female body.Collection: Thinking
It is unforgiveable to do what one doesn't love especially if one succeeds.Collection: Succeed
No elegant woman follows fashion slavishly.Collection: Fashion
The rich live the same all over the world.Collection: World
Without foundation, there can be no fashion.Collection: Fashion
I had the luck at 18 to become assistant to Christian Dior, and to succeed him at 21 and to meet with success from my first collection in 1958. That will be 44 years in a few days. Above all it was Christian Dior who was my master and who was the first to reveal the secrets and mysteries of haute couture.Collection: Christian
Of the women in my childhood, I retain above all the memory of their perfumes, perfumes that lingered - filling the lift with fragrance long after they had gone.Collection: Memories
My dream is to save them from nature.Collection: Dream