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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
Delicious
Evening
Aren
Clothes

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Within every girl is the possibility of arousing emotion. Without emotion there is no beauty.
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I'm terrible on facts. But I always have an idea. If you have an idea, you're well ahead
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I certainly didn't learn anything in school. My education was the world.
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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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Unshined shoes are the end of civilization.
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Money has nothing to do with style at all, but naturally it helps every situation.
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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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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 loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.
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My life has been more influenced by books than by any other one thing.
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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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Where would fashion be without literature?
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The first thing to do is to arrange to be born in Paris. After that, everything follows quite naturally.
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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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Oh, but I think that thoughtfulness and manners are everything.
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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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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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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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