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There's only one very good life and that's the life you know you want and you make it yourself.

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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
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Balenciaga was incredibleI was madly infatuated with his clothes. His clothes were devastating. One fainted. One simply blew up and died.
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Blue jeans are the most beautiful things since the gondola.
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I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.
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I always say I hope to God I die in a town with a good tailor, a good shoemaker, and perhaps someone who's interested in a little quelque chose d'autre.
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Still, my dream in life is to come home and think of absolutely nothing. After all, you can’t think all the time.
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This is a weakness of the world. Someone thinks they've discovered something for the first time. They want to be authoritative about it.
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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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To be contented—that’s for the cows.
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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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Where would fashion be without literature?
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The only real elegance is in the mind if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.
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I wasn't a fashion editor. I was the one and only fashion editor.
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Don't you loathe the word workaholic? It has nothing to do with an important thing, that you and your secretary are at the office until 6:30. But that's life, kiddo. 24-hour work doesn't go on in America. 24-hour work is what Italy and Holland did after the war. The lights never went out!
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When I arrived in America, I had these very dark red nails which some people objected to, but then some people object to absolutely everything.
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All my life I've pursued the perfect red.
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When I discovered dancing, I learned to dream.
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Every girl in the world should have geisha training
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People who eat white bread have no dreams.
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Unshined shoes are the end of civilization.
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Most people haven't got a point of view they need to have it given to them––and what's more, they expect it from you.
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