Diana Vreeland
Diana Vreeland
Diana Vreeland, was a noted columnist and editor in the field of fashion. She worked for the fashion magazines Harper's Bazaar and Vogue and as a special consultant at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1964...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth29 September 1903
CountryUnited States of America
emotion
Without emotion there is no beauty
views people needs
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.
fashion nice thinking
A little bad taste is like a nice splash of paprika. We all need a splash of bad taste-it's hearty, it's healthy, it's physical. I think we could use more of it. No taste is what I'm against.
fashion civilization shoes
Unshined shoes are the end of civilization.
thinking people way
What do I think about the way most people dress? Most people are not something one thinks about.
luxury spirit century
No one had a better sense of luxury than Coco Chanel, She really had the spirit of the 20th Century.
paris london best-things
The best thing about London is Paris,
space empowering women-empowerment
Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female'
elegance well-dressed refusal
Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal.
beautiful clothes perfect
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.
clothes infatuated died
Balenciaga was incredibleI was madly infatuated with his clothes. His clothes were devastating. One fainted. One simply blew up and died.
mean dresses
I mean, a new dress doesn't get you anywhere; it's the life you're living in the dress.
girl fashion should-have
The first rule that a geisha is taught, at the age of nine, is to be charming to other women...Every girl in the world should have geisha training.
rooms
In a Balenciaga you were the only woman in the room - no other woman existed.