37 Famous Fashion Quotes

Do you love fashion and admire all the fashion icons and designers who have made history? Who doesn’t like a good fashion quote to keep oneself motivated and inspired? We have selected for you a round-up of some of our favorite famous quotes from iconic fashion figures.

You can use them as a screensaver, or write them in your notebook – whatever you prefer. We hope they light up your mood and inspire you to achieve great things. 

37 Famous Fashion Quotes

“Happiness is the secret to all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without happiness.” – Christian Dior

“You can see and feel everything in clothes.” —Diana Vreeland

“Fashion is about dreaming and making other people dream.” – Donatella Versace

“I wanted to be a certain kind of woman. I became that kind of woman.” – Diane Von Furstenberg

“Fashion is a state of mind.” – Sonia Rykiel

“What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today when human contacts go so fast. Fashion is an instant language” Miuccia Prada

“It is beautiful to be who you are.” – Jean Paul Gaultier

“Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.” – Vivienne Westwood

“Success isn’t about the end result; it’s about what you learn along the way.” – Vera Wang

“Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count.” – Stella McCartney

“I am my own muse.” – Tom Ford

“Elegance is not standing out, but being remembered” – Giorgio Armani

“Always keep your eyes open. Keep watching. Because whatever you can see can inspire you.” – Grace Coddington

“I don’t design clothes. I design dreams.” —Ralph Lauren

“If you can dream it, you can create it. And you can do it.”- Marc Jacobs

“Clothes mean nothing until someone lives in them.” —Marc Jacobs

“Shoes transform your body language and attitude. They lift you physically and emotionally.” – Christian Louboutin

“I make clothes. Women make fashion.” – Azzedine Alaïa

“It’s not a bag, it’s a baguette” – Carrie Bradshaw

Coco Chanel Quotes

“Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.” Coco Chanel

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” – Coco Chanel

“My life didn’t please me, so I created my life.” Coco Chanel

“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” Coco Chanel

“In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” —Coco Chanel

Yves Saint Laurent Quotes

“Fashions fade, style is eternal.” —Yves Saint Laurent

“I told myself repeatedly, ‘One day you will be famous.'” – Yves Saint Laurent

“I have always believed that fashion was not only to make women more beautiful but also to reassure them, give them confidence.” – Yves Saint Laurent

“One day, my name will be inscribed in gold letters on the Champs-Elysées.” Yves Saint Laurent. 

Alexander McQueen Quotes

“Fashion should be a form of escapism and not a form of imprisonment.” – Alexander McQueen

“If I didn’t make mistakes, I’d never learn. You can only go forward by making mistakes.” Alexander McQueen 

Anna Wintour Quotes

“The best way to make a dream come true is to wake up.” – Anna Wintour

“If you’re an overnight sensation, you can be yesterday’s news in no time. Whereas building something slowly and carefully that has value and quality, that’s what’s going to have legs.” – Anna Wintour

“Just be true to yourself, and listen as much as one is able to other people whose opinions you respect and look up to but in the end, it has to come from you. You can’t really worry too much by looking to the left and the right about what the competition is doing or what other people in your field are doing. It has to be a true vision.” – Anna Wintour

Karl Lagerfeld Quotes

“Improvise. Become more creative. Not because you have to, but because you want to. Evolution is the secret for the next step.” -Karl Lagerfeld

“Change is the healthiest way to survive.” – Karl Lagerfeld

“The future belongs to your imagination” – Karl Lagerfeld

“One is never over-dressed or under-dressed with a Little Black Dress.” —Karl Lagerfeld

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