The Top 50 Quotes About Life and Fashion From Christian Dior

originally November 23, 2021

1. “Don’t buy much but make sure that what you buy is good.”-Christian Dior

2. “Simplicity, good taste, and grooming are the three fundamentals of good dressing and these do not cost money.”-Christian Dior

3. “Perfume is the indispensable complement to the personality of women, the finishing touch on a dress.”-Christian Dior

4. “Happiness is the secret to all beauty; there is no beauty that is attractive without happiness.”-Christian Dior

5. “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.”-Christian Dior

6. “By being natural and sincere, one often can create revolutions without having sought them.”-Christian Dior

7. “A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture designed to enhance the proportions of the female body.”-Christian Dior

8. “I could write a book about black.”-Christian Dior

9. “In the world today, haute couture is one of the last repositories of the marvelous, and the couturier’s the last possessors of the wand of Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother.”-Christian Dior

10. “They [dresses] are my daydreams, but they have passed from dreamland into the world of everyday items to wear.”-Christian Dior
11. “My dream is to save women from nature”-Christian Dior
12. “No elegant woman follows fashion slavishly.”-Christian Dior

13. “Without proper foundations, there can be no fashion.”-Christian Dior

14. “Make me a fragrance that smells like love.”-Christian Dior 

15. “The detail is as important as the essential is. When it is inadequate, it destroys the whole outfit.”-Christian Dior

16. “Too many women think that they are unimportant, but the real proof of an elegant woman is what is on her feet.”-Christian Dior
17. “Perfume is a mark of female identity and the final touch of her style.”-Christian Dior

18. “Even when there are no more secrets, fashion remains a mystery.”-Christian Dior

19. “High heels? Painful pleasure.”-Christian Dior

20. “I’m a mild man, but I have violent tastes.”-Christian Dior

21. “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.”-Christian Dior

22. “There is certainly a red for everyone.”-Christian Dior

23. “By being natural and sincere, one often can create revolutions without having sought them.”-Christian Dior

24. “A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture, designed to enhance the proportions of the female body.”-Christian Dior

25. “I create so that each and every woman is the most beautiful.”-Christian Dior

26. “The women who are loudest for short skirts will soon be wearing the longest dresses. I know very well the women.”-Christian Dior

27. “The rich live the same all over the world.”-Christian Dior

28. “Midnight blue is the only color that can compete with black.”-Christian Dior

29. “You can never really go wrong if you take nature as an example.”-Christian Dior

30. “Women will be good for you and bring about your success.”-Christian Dior

31. “The less you can afford for your frocks, the more care you must take with your accessories.”-Christian Dior

32. “It is unforgivable to do what one doesn’t love especially if one succeeds.”-Christian Dior

33.”It is not money that makes you well-dressed, it’s understanding.”-Christian Dior

34. “Elegance must be the right combination of distinction, naturalness, care, and simplicity. Outside this, believe me, there is no elegance. Only pretension.”-Christian Dior

35. “Colour is what gives jewels their worth. They light up and enhance the face. “-Christian Dior

36. “Of the women in my childhood, I retain above all the memory of their perfumes.”-Christian Dior

37. “My mother whom I adored, secretly wasted away and died of grief…; her death…marked me for life.”-Christian Dior

38. “Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.”-Christian Dior

39. “Elegance must be the right combination of distinction, naturalness, care, and simplicity. Outside this, believe me, there is no elegance. Only pretension.”-Christian Dior

40. “Individuality will always be one of the conditions of real elegance.”-Christian Dior

41. “Women, with their sure instincts, realized that my intention was to make them not just more beautiful but also happier.”-Christian Dior

42. “Individuality will always be one of the conditions of real elegance.”-Christian Dior

43. “Real elegance is everywhere, especially in the things that don’t show.”-Christian Dior

44. “Everything I know, see or hear, every part of my life is transformed into dresses. “-Christian Dior

45. “The best clothes, the most wonderful jewels, the most glamorous beauty don’t count without good grooming.”-Christian Dior

46. “White is pure and simple and matches with everything.”-Christian Dior

47. “Haute couture is like an orchestra for which Balenciaga is the constructor. The rest of us are just musicians following the directions he gives us.”-Christian Dior

48. “There is no such thing as an ugly woman, just ones that do not know how to make themselves attractive.”-Christian Dior

49. “After women, flowers are the most beautiful thing God has given the world.”-Christian Dior

50. “Deep in every heart slumbers a dream, and the courtier knows it: every woman is a princess.”-Christian Dior