Christian Dior Quotes

In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable.

If my poor maman had still been alive, I would never have tried

Many people dismiss haute couture as being something that is only for those who are very wealthy... simplicity, good taste, and grooming are the three fundamentals of good dressing and these do not cost money.

We went from losses to goods seized by creditors, while continuing to organize surrealist or abstract exhibitions…

My dream is to save women from nature.

Bright reds – scarlet, pillar-box red, crimson or cherry – are very cheerful and youthful.

You can wear black at any time. You can wear it at any age. You may wear it for almost any occasion; a 'little black frock' is essential to a woman's wardrobe.

Much has been written about fashion, in all its aspects, but i do not think any couturier has ever before attempted to compile a dictionary on the subject.

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.

I used to have frequent arguments with my father which ended in doors slamming and the ultimate expletive ‘Filthy bougeois’

Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.

My mother whom I adored, secretly wasted away and died of grief…; her death…marked me for life.

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.

A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting.

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.