Vogue always did stand for people's lives. I mean, a new dress doesn't get you anywhere; it's the life you're living in the dress, and the sort of life you had lived before, and what you will do in it later.
Diana VreelandRead
You gotta have style to get up in the morning
Interpretation
Embracing personal style can enhance the everyday experience of life.
The quote emphasizes the importance of personal style and self-expression in daily life. It suggests that having a distinctive way of presenting oneself not only boosts confidence but also transforms mundane routines into enjoyable experiences.
In practice
A fashion designer might quote this at a presentation to inspire creativity.
Vogue always did stand for people's lives. I mean, a new dress doesn't get you anywhere; it's the life you're living in the dress, and the sort of life you had lived before, and what you will do in it later.
Don't look back. Just go ahead. Give ideas away. Under every idea there's a new idea waiting to be born.
I wasn't a fashion editor. I was the one and only fashion editor.
Allure is a word very few people use nowadays, but it's something that exists. Allure holds you, doesn't it? Whether it's a gaze or a glance in the street or a face in the crowd or someone sitting opposite you at lunch... you are held
There’s only one thing in life, and that’s the continual renewal of inspiration.
You gotta have style. It helps you get down the stairs. It helps you get up in the morning. It's a way of life. Without it, you're nobody.
The fashion industry has done itself in by neglecting the 60- to 80-year-old market. They have the time and the economic resources. They want to go shopping.
Fashion is always of the time in which you live. It is not something standing alone. But the grand problem, the most important problem, is to rejeuvenate women. To make women look young. Then their outlook changes. They feel more joyous.
With expensive fashion, the inside should be as perfect as the outside.
When I first started designing, all women were dressed like men, and I said, 'Hey, guys, let's be women, put the two together - it's not either/or. Let's celebrate our bodies. Our bodies are different.'
Something I always look for in an outfit is to have a standout piece.
It's the kind of clothes that mothers and daughters can wear, in terms of concept... It's not about age. It's about taste, and it's about lifestyle. I believe women of all ages can wear anything.
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