“ Ask yourself always: am I harmoniously put together, am I appropriately clad for the deed at hand, and am I free of non-essentials? Edna Woolman Chase
“ I kind of had an idea that New York would be like Fashion Week, where everyone always looks incredibly chic and cool, and I wouldn't fit in. Carey Mulligan Actress
“ My approach is that fashion must always be optimistic, and that a woman will always be enticed by beautiful clothes. Oscar De La Renta Fashion Designer
“ The world isn't purposeful. It isn't ruled by reason. The world wants to play. Fashion queens have always aroused more interest than future generations and their fate. Kurt Tucholsky Journalist
“ Remember, 20 percent of women have inferiority complexes, 70 percent have illusions. Elsa Schiaparelli Fashion Designer
“ Among the wise and high-minded people who in self-respecting and genuine fashion strive earnestly for peace, there are the foolish fanatics always to be found in such a movement and always discrediting it the men who form the lunatic fringe in all reform movements. Theodore Roosevelt 26th U.S. President
“ The art world is now a fashion industry, led by its Whitney Biennial 'nose for the new look.' But nobody, it seems, has the guts or the brains to blow the necessary whistle and holler, 'Hold on guys! What the hell is this ugly bit of business? Abe Ajay