All one really requires for putting anything over is enough energy and resistance to keep on plugging the idea. Someone will eventually fall. — Elizabeth Hawes Copy Share Image
It was my idea that if you started any kind of business, you should begin somewhere near where you hoped to end. In other words, if I wanted to make really good clothes to order, I would start out making… — Elizabeth Hawes Copy Share Image
Women want to wear what they do because of what goes on in their heads. Their size and shape have practically nothing to do… — Elizabeth Hawes Copy Share Image
“paraphrashed :People wear what they wear because of what goes on in their heads...it has nothing to do with their size or shape.” — Elizabeth Hawes Copy Share Image
The process of education is not generally a process of teaching people to think and ask questions. It ... is mostly one of teaching… — Elizabeth Hawes Copy Share Image
It is impossible to be completely abstract about clothes because they have no life unless they are worn. They must fit onto a body… — Elizabeth Hawes Copy Share Image
There is no word in English for chic. Why should there be? Everything chic is by legend French. Perhaps everything chic is in reality… — Elizabeth Hawes Copy Share Image
rule number one for all American women: You are to be seen and felt, but not heard. Listen and do as you are told… — Elizabeth Hawes Copy Share Image
If one is willing to have children, rhythm is probably the best method of contraception. — Elizabeth Hawes Copy Share Image
Is woman a lost sex? If so, is she the only lost sex? Has woman alone conceived all the vipers in our land? — Elizabeth Hawes Copy Share Image
If you are the type who truly longs to be a Southern Belle at all times, regardless of taking twice the space available in… — Elizabeth Hawes Copy Share Image
The French legend is a very simple one. All really beautiful clothes are designed in the houses of the French couturiers and all women… — Elizabeth Hawes Copy Share Image
One of the most fascinating things about the world of fashion is that practically no one knows who inhabits it or why it exists.… — Elizabeth Hawes Copy Share Image
