There is no word in English for chic. Why should there be? Everything chic is by legend French. Perhaps everything chic is in reality French.

- Elizabeth Hawes

No garment which distorts the shape and motion of the wearer is beautiful, nor s any garment beautiful which emphasizes more than one or at most two …

- Elizabeth Hawes

It is impossible to be completely abstract about clothes because they have no life unless they are worn. They must fit onto a body or they do not exi…

- Elizabeth Hawes

All changes in clothes rise out of the lives of the people who wear them. The function of the designer is simply to see a little ahead of time what t…

- Elizabeth Hawes

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 …

- Elizabeth Hawes

One of the most fascinating things about the world of fashion is that practically no one knows who inhabits it or why it exists. There are a few peop…

- Elizabeth Hawes

I don't know when the word fashion came into being, but it was an evil day. For thousands of years people got along with something called style and m…

- Elizabeth Hawes

Fashion is that horrid little man with an evil eye who tells you that your last winter's coat may be in perfect physical condition, but you can't wea…

- Elizabeth Hawes

rule number one for all American women: You are to be seen and felt, but not heard. Listen and do as you are told and everything will be all right.

- Elizabeth Hawes