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Before even the technique, there is a dream. Chanel had it. The dream is everything.

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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
Dream
Everything
Even
Chanel
Technique

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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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If it isn't a passion, it isn't burning, it isn't on fire, you haven't lived.
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Blue jeans are the most beautiful things since the gondola.
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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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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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Fragrances fill the senses with the mysterious.
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I like to indulge myself by sitting up late without having to do anything in the morning.
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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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Every girl in the world should have geisha training
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I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.
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I adore artifice. I always have.
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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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I think your imagination is your reality
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There was a time when it was considered vulgar and unnecessary to pursue money, but today anyone who doesn't believe in money must be out of their minds!
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Where would fashion be without literature?
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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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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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Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'
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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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Pink is the navy blue of India.
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