“All changes in clothes rise out of the lives of the people who wear them. The function of the designer is simply to see a little ahead of time what the people want, and to provide it. No designer can start anything really new and different unless there is a public all ready for it.” PeopleWantLittlesDifferentFashionReadyClothesFunctionDesignerAhead Of Time Book:Men can take it Source: Men can take it
“The French legend is a very simple one. All really beautiful clothes are designed in the houses of the French couturiers and all women want those clothes.” WantBeautifulHouseSimpleFashionClothesFranceLegendsWomen WantReally BeautifulBeautiful Clothes Author:Elizabeth Hawes
“It was my idea that if you started any kind of business, you should begin somewhere near where you hoped to end. In other words, if I wanted to make really good clothes to order, I would start out making good, and therefore expensive, clothes to order. If I started making inexpensive clothes, I thought probably I'd die making them.” IfsShouldKindIdeasEndsWantedOrderDiesFashionClothesExpensiveInexpensiveExpensive Clothes Author:Elizabeth Hawes
“being chic not only takes a great deal of money but an enormous amount of time. It practically precludes everything else, even being on charity committees. Half of one's time goes getting chic, the other half being seen that way.” WayDealsHalfFashionStyleAmountCharityEnormousCommitteesOther HalfChic Author:Elizabeth Hawes
“Chic is a combination of style and fashion.” FashionStyleCombinationChicFashion And Style Author:Elizabeth Hawes
“There is no word in English for chic. Why should there be? Everything chic is by legend French. Perhaps everything chic is in reality French.” ShouldRealityFashionStyleFranceLegendsChic Author:Elizabeth Hawes
“One of the most fascinating things about the world of fashion is that practically no one knows who inhabits it or why it exists. There are a few people who know how it works, but they won't tell.” PeopleKnowsWorldKnow HowFashionFascinating Author:Elizabeth Hawes
“Fashion is that horrid little man with an evil eye who tells you that your last winter's coat may be in perfect physical condition, but you can't wear it. You can't wear it because it has a belt and this year 'we are not showing belts.” MenYearsMayLittlesEyeLastsEvilPerfectConditionsFashionWinterCoatsBeltsLittle ManEvil Eye Author:Elizabeth Hawes
“Style doesn't change every month or every year. It only changes as often as there is a real change in the point of view and lives of the people for whom it is produced.” PeopleYearsRealViewsFashionStyleMonthsPoint Of ViewReal Change Author:Elizabeth Hawes
“I don't know when the word fashion came into being, but it was an evil day. For thousands of years people got along with something called style and maybe, in another thousand, we'll go back to it.” PeopleKnowsYearsEvilFashionStyleThousand Author:Elizabeth Hawes
