Many men admire strong women but they don't love them. Some women succeed at being strong and also tender, but most of those who have intended to walk alone, making their own way, have lost their happiness.
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Dress designing, incidentally, is to me not a profession but an art.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Dress designing transcends mere profession; it embodies artistic expression.
Elsa Schiaparelli emphasizes that dress designing is more than just a job; it is an artistic endeavor that involves creativity and personal expression. By viewing fashion as an art form, she highlights the emotional and aesthetic value that design contributes to clothing, making it something beautifully compelling rather than just functional.
Themes
FashionArtDesignCreativityExpression
In practice
Example use cases
To inspire young designers at a fashion school event, I quoted, 'Dress designing, incidentally, is to me not a profession but an art.'
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