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Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more.

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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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Clothes

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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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I'm for everybody. There are no set rules. But if one's not a joiner. To hell with all of them!
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Never fear being vulgar, just boring, middle class or dull.
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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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If it isn't a passion, it isn't burning, it isn't on fire, you haven't lived.
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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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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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Without emotion there is no beauty
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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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Chutney is marvelous. I'm mad about it. To me, it's very imperial.
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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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Fashion must be the most intoxicating release from the banality of the world.
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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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Peanut butter is the greatest invention since Christianity.
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A lie to get out of something, or take an advantage for oneself, that’s one thing but a lie to make life more interesting—well, that’s entirely different.
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