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Diana Vreeland was an influential fashion editor known for her profound impact on the fashion industry. Born on September 29, 1903, and passing away on August 22, 1989, Vreeland served as an editor for both 'Harper's Bazaar' and 'Vogue' magazines, leading the fashion trends with her unique aesthetic and innovative thinking.

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“The only thing people are interested in is people.”

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“All people are meant to be creative in a certain way. What way? Perhaps I was cut out to be a wonderful housewife, with a marvelous sense of cooking, being with my friends, running a perfect house. But I am not ambitious towards anything.”

People Way Running Certain House Perfect Creative Cutting Wonderful My Friends Cooking Meant To Be Ambitious Marvelous Be Creative Housewife

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

People Thinking Way Dresses

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“Where Chanel came from in France is anyone’s guess. She said one thing one day and another thing the next. She was a peasant—and a genius. Peasants and geniuses are the only people who count and she was both.”

People Said Next One Thing Genius One Day France Peasants

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“When I arrived in America, I had these very dark red nails which some people objected to, but then some people object to absolutely everything.”

People America Dark Objects Red Nails

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“Vogue always did stand for people's lives. I mean, a new dress doesn't get you anywhere; it's the life you're living in the dress, and the sort of life you had lived before, and what you will do in it later.”

People Mean Dresses Vogue

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“Most people haven't got a point of view; they need to have it given to them––and what's more, they expect it from you.”

People Needs Given Views Havens Point Of View

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“I don't think anyone has ever been in a better place at a better time than I was when I was editor of Vogue. Vogue always did stand for people's lives. I mean, a new dress doesn't get you anywhere; it's the life you're living in the dress, and the sort of life you had lived before, and what you will do in it later. Like all great times, the sixties were about personalities.”

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“You're not supposed to give people what they want, you're supposed to give them what they don't know that they want yet.”

People Knows Want Giving

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“Allure is a word very few people use nowadays, but it's something that exists. Allure holds you, doesn't it? Whether it's a gaze or a glance in the street or a face in the crowd or someone sitting opposite you at lunch... you are held”

People Use Faces Streets Sitting Opposites Crowds Lunch Glances Allure

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“People who eat white bread have no dreams.”

People Dream White Bread White Bread

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

People Body Fit

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About the Author

Born: September 29, 1903
Died: August 22, 1989
Known for: Editor
Quotes: 142

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