Christian Dior Quotes

To this end, nothing is to be more carefully consulted than plainness. In a lady's attire this is the single excellence; for to be what some people call fine, is the same vice, in that case, as to be florid is in writing or speaking.

Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.

I've never been a much of a glamour girl.

The beauty of modesty ... a virtue the world doesn't have much truck with: one ordinary flower in a vase, as opposed to a bouquet.

I have never been one for the over-the-top.

Genius and virtue are to be more often found clothed in gray than in peacock bright.

I've always gone for the more understated look.

Modesty is the highest elegance

True refinement seeks simplicity.

There is great skill in knowing how to conceal one's skill.

To speak but little becomes a woman; and she is best adorned who is in plain attire.

Style is the art of getting yourself out of the way, not putting yourself in it.

Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing?

They are best dressed, whose dress no one observes.

I don't like to make a big splash anyway.

Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.

Extreme complication is contrary to art.

Every dish doesn't have to be showy, and every dish doesn't have to slap you in the face with technique.

I don't make big grand gestures, generally.

Growing up in Hollywood meant there were a lot of film stars' kids at my school - but no conspicuous wealth. It wasn't cool to show off that you had money.

I just don't like showing everything I've got. I don't want to look like I'm trying too hard to be sexy.

Menswear is about subtlety. It's about good style and good taste.

When I finish dressing before a night out and have put on all the accessories, I usually look at myself in the mirror long and hard and then end up removing something. Whether it's a belt, bracelet or a bauble, less is always more.

Glamour to me is about remaining graceful and understated.

The sexiest thing that a woman can do, wear, and say all fall under one word to me: subtlety. To be subtle in the things that she does and the things she says and the things she wears - I appreciate the details.