Throughout the history of fashion there have been many outspoken designers, muses and editors quoted on the brilliance of fashion.
Here is Simply You’s favourite quips of advice, ranging from early Vogue editor Edna Woolman Chase, who ran the magazine during it’s art-deco days, to rapper-meets-fashion-collaborator Pharrell Williams, who always takes risks with his outfits.
The common theme throughout? Realising the joy in focusing less on big brands and luxury products and more on staying true to one’s sense of self.
Diana Vreeland
“The only real elegance is in the mind; if you’ve got that, the rest really comes from it.”
Diane von Fürstenberg
“Style is something each of us already has, all we need to do is find it.”
Marc Jacobs
“Clothes mean nothing until someone lives in them.”
Iris Apfel, fashion personality
“When you don’t dress like everyone else, you don’t have to think like everyone else.”
Pharrel Williams
“Fashion has to reflect who you are. What you feel at the moment – where you are going.”
Edna Woolman Chase
“Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess.”
Coco Chanel
“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.”
Kenzō Takada
“Fashion is like eating. You shouldn’t stick to the same menu.”
Miuccia Prada
“I hate the idea that you shouldn’t wear something just because you’re a certain age.”
Alexander McQueen
“Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.”
