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You can wear black at any time. You can wear it at any age. You may wear it for almost any occasion; a 'little black frock' is essential to a woman's wardrobe.
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In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable.
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Colour is what gives jewels their worth. They light up and enhance the face. Nothing is more elegant than a black skirt and sweater worn with a sparkling multi-stoned necklace.
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A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting.
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We went from losses to goods seized by creditors, while continuing to organize surrealist or abstract exhibitions…
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Many people dismiss haute couture as being something that is only for those who are very wealthy... simplicity, good taste, and grooming are the three fundamentals of good dressing and these do not cost money.
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[Black is] the most popular and the most convenient and the most elegant of all colors.
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My mother whom I adored, secretly wasted away and died of grief…; her death…marked me for life.
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It is unforgivable to do what one doesn't love especially if one succeeds.
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A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture, designed to enhance the proportions of the female body.
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Much has been written about fashion, in all its aspects, but i do not think any couturier has ever before attempted to compile a dictionary on the subject.
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Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.
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Bright reds – scarlet, pillar-box red, crimson or cherry – are very cheerful and youthful.
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I used to have frequent arguments with my father which ended in doors slamming and the ultimate expletive 'Filthy bougeois'
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Women are most fascinating between the ages of 35 and 40 after they have won a few races and know how to pace themselves. Since few women ever pass 40, maximum fascination can continue indefinitely.
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Women, with their sure instincts, realized that my intention was to make them not just more beautiful but also happier.
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I wanted to be considered a good craftsman. I wanted my dresses to be constructed like buildings, molded to the curves of the female form, stylizing its shape.
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If my poor maman had still been alive, I would never have tried
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I know very well the women. The short skirt was never a good fashion — very vulgar. The American women will accept the new fashions. You can never stop the fashions.
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The maintenance of the tradition of fashion is in the nature of an act of faith. In a century which attempts to tear the heart out of every mystery, fashion guards its secret well, and is the best possible proof that there is still magic abroad.
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Everything I know, see or hear, every part of my life is transformed into dresses. They are my daydreams, but they have passed from dreamland into the world of everyday items to wear.
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I think I would be more suited to the couture side of the business!
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Christian Dior
Born:
January 21, 1905
Died:
October 23, 1957
(aged 52)
Bio:
Christian Dior was a French fashion designer, best known as the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses, also called Christian Dior, which is now owned by Groupe Arnault.
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