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
pleasure
Pleasure is everything.
hell truth-is bigs
Truth is a hell of a big point with me. Now I exaggerate—always.
girl should-have training
Every girl in the world should have geisha training
perfect red pursued
All my life I've pursued the perfect red.
parent terrible knows
Parents, you know, can be terrible.
water
Water is God’s tranquilizer,
morning differences water
If you had a bump on your nose, it made no difference so long as you had a marvelous body & good carriage. You held your head high, & you were a beauty You knew how to water-ski, & how to take a jet plane fast in the morning, arrive anywhere, & be anyone when you got off.
worry facts projects
Never worry about the facts. Just project an image to the public.
appreciation nice thinking
One is born with good taste. It's very hard to acquire. You can acquire the patina of taste. But what Elsie Mendl had was something else that's particularly American––an appreciation of vulgarity. Vulgarity is a very important ingredient in life. I'm a great believer in vulgarity––if it's got vitality. 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.
interviews great-things felt
I have always felt that the only great thing about an interview is the questions that are asked.
believe eye sight
I never felt comfortable about my looks until I married Reed Vreeland. I believe in love at first sight because that's what it was. I knew the moment our eyes met that we would marry,
wings personality revelations
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.
girl two gertrude
The two greatest mannequins of the century were Gertrude Stein and Edith Sitwell - unquestionably. You just couldn't take a bad picture of those two old girls
opposites lunch people
Allure is a word very few people use nowadays, but it's something that exists. Allure holds you, doesn't it? Whether it's a gaze or a glance in the street or a face in the crowd or someone sitting opposite you at lunch... you are held