"A dress has no life of its own……" — Elsa Schiaparelli
"A dress has no life of its own unless it is worn, and as soon as this happens another personality takes over from you and animates it, or tries to, glorifies or destroys it, or makes it into a song of beauty."
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Elsa Schiaparelli
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13 Quotes by Elsa Schiaparelli
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Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women.
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Fashion is born by small facts, trends, or even politics, never by trying to make little pleats and furbelows, by…
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Many men admire strong women but they don't love them. Some women succeed at being strong and also tender, but…
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Dresses that are truly beautiful are never unfashionable.
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Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill.
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One [has] to sense the trend of history and precede it.
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Dress designing . . . is to me not a profession but an art,
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The way is open to everybody who has the will, the ambition, the respect for work, and the IT.
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Never fit a dress to the body but train the body to fit the dress.
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Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill…
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A good cook is like a sorceress who dispenses happiness.
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In difficult times, fashion is always outrageous.
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I lack the magnificent richness of color that animates nature.
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Genius is that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates.
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Just as the soul animates the body, so, in a way, meaning breathes life into a word.
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