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This is a weakness of the world. Someone thinks they've discovered something for the first time. They want to be authoritative about it.
Diana Vreeland
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Diana Vreeland
Age: 83 †
Born: 1906
Born: July 29
Died: 1989
Died: August 2
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D. V. Vreeland
Diana Vreland
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I always say I hope to God I die in a town with a good tailor, a good shoemaker, and perhaps someone who's interested in a little quelque chose d'autre.
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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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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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I've always remained totally myself, which is to say, without an idea... of what to do.
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You've got to have style, it helps you get out of bed in the morning.
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Most people haven't got a point of view they need to have it given to them––and what's more, they expect it from you.
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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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Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more.
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To be contented—that’s for the cows.
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Oh, but I think that thoughtfulness and manners are everything.
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You know the greatest thing is passion, without it what have you got? I mean if you love someone you can love them as much as you can love them but if it isn’t a passion, it isn’t burning, it isn’t on fire, you haven’t lived.
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Never fear being vulgar, just boring, middle class or dull.
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Fragrances fill the senses with the mysterious.
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