It’s not polite to refuse to dress for a parly. It’s an insult to your hostess. After all, correct dress is a part of good manners. Elsa Schiaparelli Read Quote
Men have to be freed from the tortures of heavy clothing that covers everything but the face and hands. Elsa Schiaparelli Read Quote
There are two classes of women in Soviet Russia. There is the professional class, which has taken the place of the nobility and includes government officials, artists, doctors, composers and writers as well as former members of the old nobility whose sympathy is with the Soviets, and also the peasant class. Elsa Schiaparelli Read Quote
You cannot choose beforehand what you want to use for a suit. You may want to change your mind a dozen times before you are through. Elsa Schiaparelli Read Quote
I myself used to do absurd things. Yes, I mean that. I had to have a laugh, and some of the things were absurd. But they could always be worn by an elegant woman; they did not negate her elegance. Elsa Schiaparelli Read Quote
Fortunately, or unforunately for me, I am always at my best when I am unhampered: when I can let myself go and have a little fun. Elsa Schiaparelli Read Quote
Some women succeed at being strong and also tender, but most of those who have intended to walk alone, making their own way, have lost their happiness. Elsa Schiaparelli Read Quote