Christian Dior's Quotes

A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting.

Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.

Women are most fascinating between the ages of 35 and 40 after they have won a few races and know how to pace themselves. Since few women ever pass 40, maximum fascination can continue indefinitely.

The tones of gray, pale turquoise and pink will prevail.

My dream is to save women from nature.

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

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

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

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

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.