I adore fringe.

The first thing to do is arrange to be born in Paris. After that, everything follows quite naturally

A new dress doesn’t get you anywhere. It's the life you’re living in the dress.

We are not looking for endless variety--we are looking for fashion." February 10, 1967, Memo re HAIR ON SITTINGS

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.

Where would fashion be without literature?

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

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

The first rule that a geisha is taught, at the age of nine, is to be charming to other women...Every girl in the world should have geisha training.