One of the most important things about fashion is to dress as well as you can, look as attractive as you can, and at the same time be comfortable with yourself. Be easy about your clothes; forget about them.
Interpretation
Fashion should balance attractiveness and comfort while embracing self-acceptance.
This quote emphasizes that fashion is not just about looking good, but also about being at ease with oneself. It encourages individuals to dress in a way that enhances their appeal without compromising their comfort, promoting an attitude of relaxed confidence about one's clothing choices.
In practice
In a fashion seminar discussing the importance of confidence and comfort in personal style.
There's design, and there's art. Good design is total harmony. There's no better designer than nature - if you look at a branch or a leaf, it's perfect. It's all function. Art is different. It's about emotion. It's about suffering and beauty - but mostly suffering!
The little black dress is the true friend...she travels with you...is patient and constant...you go to her when you don't know where else to go and she is ALWAYS reliable and timeless.
All women are strong. My mother survived Auschwitz, and fear wasn't an option when we were growing up. If we were afraid of the dark, we were put into the closet until we weren't.
You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.
A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials.
I design for the woman who loves being a woman.
Basic clothes are for all women, to last for decades and decades. They are the future and will never change. I am persuaded of that.
What I do Coco would have hated. The label has an image and it's up to me to update it. I do what she never did. I had to find my mark. I had to go from what Chanel was to what it should be, could be, what it had been to something else.
I believe that my clothes can give people a better image of themselves - that it can increase their feelings of confidence and happiness.
Building a proper wardrobe is like building a home. Indeed, you should think of it like a home, because it is something you're going to live in. It must be comfortable and suit all your needs.
I've had my own moments in front of designers when I've actually said, 'You know, there's a market here for expanding your work, and here it is. And frankly, there are two markets: The women who are larger than the 12, and then there are women who are petite. And most designers that I talk to have absolutely no interest in addressing either of those populations, which I find repugnant.
Fashion should be about making clothes that make all women look beautiful, not making women starve so that they can fit in a size 8.
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