Fashion Quotes by Fran Lebowitz

13 Fashion quotes by Fran Lebowitz

For those who appreciate dry wit, Lebowitz’s 13 fashion lines offer a compact, incisive look at how clothing mirrors cultural quirks.

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A salad is not a meal, it is a style.

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All style is personal - that's what distinguishes it from fashion.

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Designer clothes worn by children are like snowsuits worn by adults. Few can carry it off successfully.

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American women think that clothes fit them if they can fit into them. But that's not at all what fit means.

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I am not... totally unreceptive to colour providing it makes its appearance quietly, deferentially, and without undue fanfare.

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People care more about trends now than they do about style. They get so wrapped up in what's happening that they forget…

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Lifestyle. Not a word at all, really - rather a wordette. A genuine case of more is less. ... the word life…

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What people don't know is: Clothes don't really fit you unless they're made for you. Especially when you wear men's clothes, like…

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While clothes with pictures and/or writing on them are not entirely an invention of the modern age, they are an unpleasant indication…

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What's so great thing about clothes is that they're artificial - you can lie, you can choose the way you look, which…

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When we were young, we knew things. We knew basic history, even as it related to fashion. Now, when something reappears, an…

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A person who actually knows how to wear clothes...they would look good in any clothes. You see this especially at the Academy…

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One of the biggest changes in my lifetime, is the phenomenon of men wearing shorts. Men never wore shorts when I was…

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I think humor is warmer, and wit is colder. Wit is judgment, whereas humor invites some sort of response.

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I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not.

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[Friendships] are easy to get out of compared to love affairs, but they are not easy to get out of compared to, say, jail.

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Smoking is, as far as I'm concerned, the entire point of being an adult.

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If you want to get ahead in this world get a lawyer -- not a book.

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When it comes to sports I am not particularly interested. Generally speaking, I look upon them as dangerous and tiring activities performed by people…

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The first time I ever saw platform shoes in the '70s, I knew they'd been revived from the '40s, and I felt sickened. And…

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Children ask better questions than adults. "May I have a cookie?" "Why is the sky blue?" and "What does a cow say?" are far…

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I do not think everyone is created equal. In fact, I know they're not. [The Constitution] means that everyone should have the same laws…

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When I fly, I'm never afraid the plane is going to crash. But there have often been times when I was afraid it wouldn't…

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Smoking is, if not my life, then at least my hobby. I love to smoke. Smoking is fun. Smoking is cool. Smoking is, as…

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