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Fragrances fill the senses with the mysterious.

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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
Fragrance
Fill
Mysterious
Senses
Fragrances

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When I discovered dancing, I learned to dream.
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You gotta have style. It helps you get down the stairs. It helps you get up in the morning. It's a way of life. Without it, you're nobody.
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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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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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Oh, but I think that thoughtfulness and manners are everything.
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All my life I’ve pursued the perfect red. I can never get painters to mix it for me. It’s exactly as if I’d said, ‘I want rococo with a spot of Gothic in it and a bit of Buddhist temple’—they have no idea what I’m talking about. About the best red is to copy the color of a child’s cap in any Renaissance portrait.
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Balenciaga was incredibleI was madly infatuated with his clothes. His clothes were devastating. One fainted. One simply blew up and died.
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Money has nothing to do with style at all, but naturally it helps every situation.
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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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Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more.
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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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You don't have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive.
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Too much good taste can be boring
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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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I like to indulge myself by sitting up late without having to do anything in the morning.
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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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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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Pink is the navy blue of India.
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Within every girl is the possibility of arousing emotion. Without emotion there is no beauty.
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