A collection of quotes by Christian Dior on fashion, pleasure, designer, perfume, sincerity, women, art, creation, expression, natural, revolution and happiness.
64 Great Quotes By Christian Dior For The Fashionista In You
The outstanding fashion designer Christian Dior was the founder of the ‘House of Dior’ a globally famous fashion brand. He initially aspired to be an architect but he pursued his passion for art against his father’s wishes. After the Great Depression his family was going through a huge financial crisis and he was survived by his fashion sketches. This helped him to land up a job with a popular fashion house. There he was one of the senior designers and designed dresses for wives of both Nazi officers and French Collaborators. He was further supported by the richest entrepreneur of France to start his own fashion line. He showed his passion for art and his prolific creativity with his first collection. He initially faced some resistance for pushing the envelope but eventually was accepted by the masses. Within a few years, he became a prominent name in the fashion world. He is believed to have brought a revolution in after the war to maintain the reputation of Paris as the center of the fashion world. Following are famous quotations and sayings by one of the fashion biggie who believes that grooming, simplicity and good taste are the fundamentals of good dressing. Go through the quotes by Christian Dior to have a share of his intrinsic intellect of fashion.
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.
Haute couture is like an orchestra, for which only Balenciaga is the conductor. The rest of us are just musicians, following the directions he gives us.
Black is the most slimming of all Colors. It is the most flattering. You can wear black at any Time. You can wear it at any age. You can wear it for almost any occasion. I could write a book about black.
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.
Elegance must be the right combination of distinction, naturalness, care and simplicity. Outside this, believe me, there is no elegance. Only pretension.
Everything I know, see or hear, every part of my life is transformed into dresses. They are my daydreams, but they have passed from dreamland into the world of everyday items to wear.
You can wear black in any moment of the day, no matter your age. You can wear black with almost any occasion. A black dress is essential for every woman.
Grooming is the secret of real elegance. The best clothes, the most wonderful jewels, the most glamorous beauty don't count without good grooming.
Christian Dior
I had the luck at 18 to become assistant to Christian Dior, and to succeed him at 21 and to meet with success from my first collection in 1958. That will be 44 years in a few days. Above all it was Christian Dior who was my master and who was the first to reveal the secrets and mysteries of haute couture.
Midnight blue is the only color that can ever compete with black.
Christian Dior
Of the women in my childhood, I retain above all the memory of their perfumes, perfumes that lingered - filling the lift with fragrance long after they had gone.
Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.
Christian Dior
Happiness is the secret to all beauty. There is no beauty without happiness.
Christian Dior
Bright reds - scarlet, pillar-box red, crimson or cherry - are very cheerful and youthful. There is certainly a red for everyone.
Christian Dior
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.
In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable.
Christian Dior
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.
Christian Dior
Without foundations, there can be no fashion.
Christian Dior
Women, with their sure instincts, realized that my intention was to make them not just more beautiful but also happier.
Christian Dior
A country, a style or an epoch are interesting only for the idea behind them.
Christian Dior
Finally, everything that has been part of my life, whether I wanted it to or not, has expressed itself in my dresses.
The detail is as important as the essential is. When it is inadequate, it destroys the whole outfit.
Christian Dior
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.
Happiness is the secret to all beauty; there is no beauty that is attractive without happiness.
Christian Dior
High heels? Painful pleasure.
Christian Dior
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.
