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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.
Diana Vreeland
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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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I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.
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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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You know the greatest thing is passion, without it what have you got? I mean if you love someone you can love them as much as you can love them but if it isn’t a passion, it isn’t burning, it isn’t on fire, you haven’t lived.
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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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I think i always had a perfectly clear view of what was possible for the public. Give'em what they never knew they wanted.
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I've always remained totally myself, which is to say, without an idea... of what to do.
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Pink is the navy blue of India.
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Too much good taste can be very boring. Independent style, on the other hand, can be very inspiring.
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Before even the technique, there is a dream. Chanel had it. The dream is everything.
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Don't look left nor right and never compete. Never. Watching the other guy is what kills all forms of energy.
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All people are meant to be creative in a certain way. What way? Perhaps I was cut out to be a wonderful housewife, with a marvelous sense of cooking, being with my friends, running a perfect house. But I am not ambitious towards anything.
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I read everything! I would have read the phone book if you put it in front of me. I just read.
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I think part of my success as an editor came from never worrying about a fact, a cause, an atmosphere. It was me—projecting to the public. That was my job. I think I always had a perfectly clear view of what was possible for the public. Give ‘em what they never knew they wanted.
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Every girl in the world should have geisha training
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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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I was always sort of a loner, I suppose. I always had to think out everything for myself... I suppose that is what you call a loner.
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No one had a better sense of luxury than Coco Chanel, She really had the spirit of the 20th Century.
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I sincerely believe that energy grows from itself and the more energy you expand the more you create within yourself.
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Don't look back. Just go ahead. Give ideas away. Under every idea there's a new idea waiting to be born.
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