Elegance must be the right combination of distinction, naturalness, care and simplicity. Outside this, believe me, there is no elegance. Only pretension.
Christian DiorRead
You can never take too much care over the choice of your shoes. Too many women think that they are unimportant, but the real proof of an elegant woman is what is on her feet.
Interpretation
Choosing the right shoes is crucial for elegance and impression.
Christian Dior emphasizes the significance of footwear in defining a woman's elegance. He suggests that while many might overlook the importance of shoes, they play a critical role in completing an outfit and enhancing a woman's overall appearance.
In practice
During a fashion show, one might say, 'As Christian Dior said, you can never take too much care over the choice of your shoes.'
Elegance must be the right combination of distinction, naturalness, care and simplicity. Outside this, believe me, there is no elegance. Only pretension.
Women, with their sure instincts, realized that my intention was to make them not just more beautiful but also happier.
Without foundations, there can be no fashion.
All I required to be happy was friendship and people I could admire.
Finally, everything that has been part of my life, whether I wanted it to or not, has expressed itself in my dresses.
We were emerging from the period of war, of uniforms, of women-soldiers built like boxers. I drew women-flowers, soft shoulders, fine waists like liana and wide skirts like corolla.
Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.
I am not looking like Armani today and somebody else tomorrow. I look like Ralph Lauren. And my goal is to constantly move in fashion and move in style without giving up what I am.
The little black dress is the true friend...she travels with you...is patient and constant...you go to her when you don't know where else to go and she is ALWAYS reliable and timeless.
I love black dresses. I think everyone should own a lot, but black dresses don't sell online because on the computer they don't read like anything.
Fashion can be about escapism but I have always been interested in the aspirational side of it - wanting to present the self you hope eventually to become.
Buy less. Choose well. Make it last. Quality, not quantity. Everybody's buying far too many clothes.
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