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“To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common - this is my symphony. William Henry Channing's Symphony: some background, and its appearance in an Arthur Brisbane editorial - from the 1906 collection, "Editorials From The Hearst Newspapers"”
William Ellery Channing
“Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.”
Francis Bacon Sr.
“Nothing goes out of fashion sooner than a long dress with a very low neck.”
Coco Chanel
“People fashion their God after their own understanding. They make their God first and worship him afterwards.”
Oscar Wilde
“The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in.”
Paris Hilton
“I wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was really all about wearing the tutu.”
Elle Macpherson
“Don't go trying some new fashionDon't change the color of your hair. . . .I could not love you any betterI love you just the way you are.”
Billy Joel
“Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old-fashioned quite suddenly”
“Above all, remember that the most important thing you can take anywhere is not a Gucci bag or French-cut jeans; it's an open mind”
Gail Rubin Bereny
“Today, fashion is really about sensuality - how a woman feels on the inside. In the eighties women used suits with exaggerated shoulders and waists to make a strong impression. Women are now more comfortable with themselves and their bodies - they no longer feel the need to hide behind their clothes.”
Donna Karan
