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It’s not about the dress you wear, but it’s about the life you lead in the dress.
Diana Vreeland
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Diana Vreeland
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 29
Died: 1989
Died: August 2
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France
D. V. Vreeland
Diana Vreland
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Chutney is marvelous. I'm mad about it. To me, it's very imperial.
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All my life I've pursued the perfect red.
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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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All my life I’ve pursued the perfect red. I can never get painters to mix it for me. It’s exactly as if I’d said, ‘I want rococo with a spot of Gothic in it and a bit of Buddhist temple’—they have no idea what I’m talking about. About the best red is to copy the color of a child’s cap in any Renaissance portrait.
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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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Being vulgar is fine, but oh please just don't be boring.
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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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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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Before even the technique, there is a dream. Chanel had it. The dream is everything.
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The best time to leave a party is when the party’s just beginning. There’s no drink that kills except the drink that you didn’t want to take, as the saying goes, and there’s no hour that kills except the hour you stayed after you wanted to go home.
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A funny person is funny only for so long, but a wit can sit down and go on being spellbinding forever. One is not meant to laugh. One stays quiet and marvels. Spontaneously witty talk is without question the most fascinating entertainment there is.
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