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

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Diana Vreeland
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 29
Died: 1989
Died: August 2
Editor
Fashion Editor
Journalist
Socialite
Paris
France
D. V. Vreeland
Diana Vreland
Beautiful
Wildly
Attractive
Born
Inspirational

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Peanut butter is the greatest invention since Christianity.
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God was fair to the Japanese. He gave them no oil, no coal, no diamonds, no gold, no natural resources — nothing! Nothing comes from the island that you can sustain a civilization on. What God gave the Japanese was a sense of style—maintained through the centuries through hard work and the disciplines of ambition.
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Where Chanel came from in France is anyone’s guess. She said one thing one day and another thing the next. She was a peasant—and a genius. Peasants and geniuses are the only people who count and she was both.
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Before even the technique, there is a dream. Chanel had it. The dream is everything.
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Fashion must be the most intoxicating release from the banality of the world.
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I went to work to make money, not because I was bored. It was money that I wanted.
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One thing I hold against Americans is that they have no flair for the rain. They seem unsettled by it it's against them: they take it as an assault, an inconvenience! But rain is so wonderfully cleansing, so refreshing, so calming...
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Blue jeans are the most beautiful things since the gondola.
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What do I think about the way most people dress? Most people are not something one thinks about.
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People who eat white bread have no dreams.
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Chutney is marvelous. I'm mad about it. To me, it's very imperial.
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Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'
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Balenciaga often said that women did not have to be perfect or beautiful to wear his clothes. When they wore his clothes, they became beautiful.
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Pink is the navy blue of India.
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For goodness sakes, beware of curls… It is a great art to do them so that the girls not only look modern - but do not suddenly look very vulgar.
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When fashion turns over it brings in little tiny creaks and cracks. This is the fascination and that is where you have to watch every step.
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Pleasure is everything.
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I'm terrible on facts. But I always have an idea. If you have an idea, you're well ahead
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I've always had such wonderful opportunities, but I never made the effort, haven't put on the pressure. But I never took them.
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