Christian Dior Quotes

Elegance must be the right combination of distinction, naturalness, care and simplicity. Outside this, believe me, there is no elegance. Only pretension.

I had the luck at 18 to become assistant to Christian Dior, and to succeed him at 21 and to meet with success from my first collection in 1958. That will be 44 years in a few days. Above all it was Christian Dior who was my master and who was the first to reveal the secrets and mysteries of haute couture.

Women, with their sure instincts, realized that my intention was to make them not just more beautiful but also happier.

Black and white might be sufficient. But why deprive yourself of color.

Long after one has forgotten what a woman wore, the memory of her perfume lingers.

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.

It is not money that makes you well dressed: it is understanding.

You can wear black at any time. You can wear it at any age. You may wear it for almost any occasion; a 'little black frock' is essential to a woman's wardrobe.

There is no such thing as an ugly woman - there are only the ones who do not know how to make themselves attractive.

In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable.

Perfume is a mark of female identity and the final touch of her style

Don't buy much but make sure that what you buy is good.

Colour is what gives jewels their worth. They light up and enhance the face. Nothing is more elegant than a black skirt and sweater worn with a sparkling multi-stoned necklace.

Finally, everything that has been part of my life, whether I wanted it to or not, has expressed itself in my dresses.

Make me a fragrance that smells like love

Black is the most slimming of all Colors. It is the most flattering. You can wear black at any Time. You can wear it at any age. You can wear it for almost any occasion. I could write a book about black.

The detail is as important as the essential is. When it is inadequate, it destroys the whole outfit.

By being natural and sincere, one often can create revolutions without having sought them.

The less you can afford for your frocks, the more care you must take with your accessories

There is never too much care when choosing shoes. Many women consider themselves important but the real evidence of that is on their legs.

My weakness ... is architecture. I think of my work as ephemeral architecture, dedicated to the beauty of the female body.

A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture, designed to enhance the proportions of the female body.

White is pure and simple and matches with everything.

Bright reds - scarlet, pillar-box red, crimson or cherry - are very cheerful and youthful. There is certainly a red for everyone.

Real elegance is everywhere, especially in the things that don't show.

If you have hooked legs, wear big decolte.

Perfume is the indispensable complement to the personality of women, the finishing touch on a dress.

It is unforgivable to do what one doesn't love, especially if one succeeds.

My dream? To make women happier and more beautiful.

My dream is to save them from nature.

Everything I know, see or hear, every part of my life is transformed into dresses. They are my daydreams, but they have passed from dreamland into the world of everyday items to wear.

You can never really go wrong if you take nature as an example.

I create so that each and every woman is the most beautiful

Every bite you eat stays in mouth for two minutes, for two hours in stomach and for two month on hips.