Christian Dior quotes

Christian Dior was a French fashion designer renowned for founding the iconic Dior fashion house. His "New Look" revolutionized women's fashion in the post-war era with its elegance and femininity. He left a lasting legacy as one of the most influential designers in modern fashion history. Here are 49 of his quotes:

A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture, designed to enhance the proportions of the female body. (Christian Dior)
Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest. View quote
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Real woman should be capricious. View quote
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I wanted to be considered a good craftsman. I wanted my dresses to be constructed like buildings, molded to the curves of the female form, stylizing its shape. View quote
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Colour is what gives jewels their worth. They light up and enhance the face. Nothing is more elegant than a black skirt and sweater worn with a sparkling multi-stoned necklace. View quote
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Women, with their sure instincts, realized that my intention was to make them not just more beautiful but also happier. View quote
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Bright reds - scarlet, pillar-box red, crimson or cherry - are very cheerful and youthful. There is certainly a red for everyone. View quote
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My dream is to save them from nature. View quote
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In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable. View quote
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A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting. View quote
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Every bite you eat stays in mouth for two minutes, for two hours in stomach and for two month on hips. (Christian Dior)
You can never take too much care over the choice of your shoes. Too many women think that they are unimportant, but the real proof of an elegant woman is what is on her feet. View quote
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We were emerging from the period of war, of uniforms, of women-soldiers built like boxers. I drew women-flowers, soft shoulders, fine waists like liana and wide skirts like corolla. View quote
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Women are most fascinating between the ages of 35 and 40, after they have won a few races and know how to pace themselves. Since few women ever pass 40, maximum fascination can continue indefinitely. View quote
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After women, flowers are the most lovely thing God has given the world. View quote
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Without proper foundations, there can be no fashion. View quote
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If you have hooked legs, wear big decolte. View quote
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Deep in every heart slumbers a dream, and the couturier knows it: every woman is a princess. View quote
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I know very well the women. The short skirt was never a good fashion - very vulgar. The American women will accept the new fashions. You can never stop the fashions. View quote
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It is quite a revolution, dear Christian. Your dresses have such a new look. They are quite wonderful you know. View quote
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We were witness to a revolution in fashion and a revolution in showing fashion as well. (Christian Dior)
He gave no sign of any great desire to persevere with music or painting, despite his obvious eye for the latter. The idea of creativity obsessed but not to the point of renouncing his spectator status. View quote
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With his rotund ecclesiastical side, Dior was like a cathedral, a repository of countless secrets no one else had access to. View quote
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Dior is like a big adolescent with old- fashioned shyness of as schoolboy and most charming in his childish awkwardness. View quote
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He was very fond of his grandmother, who came to live not far from the family when she sold her home in Angers. She brought with her the handsome Napolean III drawing-room suite with empire chairs that went to furnish Christian's favorite room, the parlor. View quote
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Occupation: French Designer
Born: January 21, 1905
Died: October 24, 1957
Quotes count: 49
Wikipedia: Christian Dior

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