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Being vulgar is fine, but oh please just don't be boring.

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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
Vulgar
Boring
Please
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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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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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When I discovered dancing, I learned to dream.
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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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Within every girl is the possibility of arousing emotion. Without emotion there is no beauty.
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The personality is a work of art.
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A good photograph was never what I was looking for. I like to have a point. I had to have a point or I didn't have a picture. This is what I've always found so fascinating about paparazzi pictures. They catch something unintended, on the wing... they get that thing. It's the revelation of personality.
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I think allure is something around you, like a perfume or like a scent. It's like a memory ... it pervades.
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Where would fashion be without literature?
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Oh, but I think that thoughtfulness and manners are everything.
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To be contented—that’s for the cows.
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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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You don't have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive.
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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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The first thing to do is to arrange to be born in Paris. After that, everything follows quite naturally.
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It’s not about the dress you wear, but it’s about the life you lead in the dress.
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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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I've always remained totally myself, which is to say, without an idea... of what to do.
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