Diana Vreeland's Quotes

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.

You don't have to be born beautiful to be wildly attractive.

Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal.

The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.

Poor, darling fellow - he died of food. He was killed by the dinner table.

Blue jeans are the most beautiful things since the gondola.

What do I think about the way most people dress? Most people are not something one thinks about.

Exaggeration is my only reality.

The bikini is the most important thing since the atom bomb.

Red is the great clarifier - bright and revealing. I can't imagine becoming bored with red - it would be like becoming bored with the person you love.

Pink is the navy blue of India.

I always wear my sweater back-to-front; it is so much more flattering.

The body must stay fit. Fit people like themselves much better.

In a Balenciaga you were the only woman in the room - no other woman existed.

Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more.

No one cuts backs like he did. No one knows what a back is anymore.

Parents, you know, can be terrible.