“Style Is A Way To Say Who You Are Without Having To Speak.”

Some of the most iconic designers of all time are not just revolutionary with their designs but also great wordsmiths. The quotes they say are both witty and sassy at the same time. 

Lifestyle & Fashion Quotes By Coco Chanel

It is possible that I am a little biased towards the iconic Coco Chanel, but I just love her quotes when it comes to Fashion and anything related to it. 

• “A woman is closest to being naked when she is well dressed.”

• “Elegance is refusal.”

• “In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different.”

• “I only drink Champagne on two occasions, when I am in love and when I am not.”

• “Fashion changes, but Style endures.”

• “There are people who have money and people who are rich.”

• “Fashion has two purposes: comfort and love. Beauty comes when fashion succeeds.” 

• “Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.”

• “I don’t do fashion. I am fashion.”

• “The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.”

• “You can be gorgeous at thirty, charming at forty, and irresistible for the rest of your life.”

• “You live but once; you might as well be amusing.”

• “Dress shabbily, and they remember the dress; dress impeccably, and they remember the woman.”

• “Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.”

• “Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.”

• “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street; fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.”

• “Adornment, what a science! Beauty, what a weapon! Modesty, what elegance!”

• “A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life.”

• “A woman can be overdressed but never over elegant.”

• “Dress like you are going to meet your worst enemy today.”

• “Nature gives you the face you have at twenty. Life shapes the face you have at thirty. But at fifty, you get the face you deserve.”

• “A woman with good shoes is never ugly.”

• “I don’t care what you think of me. I don’t think of you at all.”

• “My life didn’t please me, so I created my life.”

• “If you’re sad, add more lipstick and attack.”

• “A woman who doesn’t wear perfume has no future.”

• “Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.”

• “The best color in the whole world is the one that looks good on you.”

• “As long as you know men are like children, you know everything.!”

• “Don’t spend time beating a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.”

• “A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.”

Fashion Quotes From Icons

When it comes to fashion, nothing can be more inspirational than fashion quotes from iconic celebrities and fashion designers. 

• “Fashion is part of the daily air and it changes all the time, with all the events. You can even see the approaching of the revolution in clothes. You can see and feel everything in clothes.” – Diana Vreeland.

• “What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language.” – Miuccia Prada.

• “Don’t be into trends. Don’t make fashion own you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way to live.” – Gianni Versace.

• “One is never over-dressed with a Little Black Dress.” – Karl Lagerfeld.

• “I firmly believe that with the right footwear, one can rule the world.” – Bette Midler.

• “You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.” – Edith Head.

• “I like my money right where I can see it… hanging in my closet.” – Carrie Bradshaw.

• “I think there is beauty in everything. What normal people perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it.” – Alexander McQueen.

• “Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life.” – Bill Cunningham.

• “Style is something each of us already has; all we need to do is find it.” – Diane von Furstenberg.

• “Fashions fade, style is eternal.” – Yves Saint Laurent. 

• “I don’t design clothes. I design dreams.” – Ralph Lauren.

• “In difficult times, fashion is always outrageous.” – Elsa Schiaparelli.

• “How can you live the high life if you don’t wear the high heels?” – Sonia Rykiel.

• “Clothes mean nothing until someone lives in them.” – Marc Jacobs.

• “Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.” – Vivienne Westwood.

• “You gotta have style. It helps you get down the stairs. It helps you get up in the morning. It’s a way of life. Without it, you‘re nobody. I’m not talking about lots of clothes.” – Diana Vreeland.

• “Fashion is what you’re offered four times a year by designers. And style is what you choose.” – Lauren Hutton.

• “You can never take too much care over to the choice of your shoes. Too many women that they are unimportant, but the real proof of an elegahnt woman is what is on her feet.” – Christian Dior.

• “Fashion you can buy, but style you possess. The key to style is learning who you are, which takes years. There’s no how-to road map to style. It’s about self expression and, above all, attitude.” – Iris Apfel.

• “The dress must follow the body of a woman, not the body following the shape of the dress.” – Hubert de Givenchy.

• “Trendy is the last stage before tacky.” – Karl Lagerfeld.

• “Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak.” – Rachel Zoe.

• “Shoes transform your body language and attitude. They lift you physically and emotionally.” – Christian Louboutin.

• “People will stare. Make it worth their while.” – Harry Winston.

• “Elegance is elimination.” – Cristóbal Balenciaga.

• “Style is the only thing you can’t buy. It’s not in a shopping bag, a label, or a price tag. It’s something reflected from our soul to the outside world—an emotion.”- Albert Elbaz.

• “We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.” – Yves Saint Laurent.

• “The hardest thing in fashion is not to be known for a logo, but to be known for a silhouette.” – Giambattista Valli.

• “Elegance is not standing out, but being remembered.” – Giorgio Armani.

• “Fashion is like eating; you shouldn’t stick to the same menu.”- Kenzo Takada.

• “Playing dress-up begins at age five and never truly ends.” – Kate Spade.

• “I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.”- Vera Wang.

• “We have this saying, Christy and I. We don’t wake up for less than $10,000 a day.”- Linda Evangelista.

• “I make clothes, women make fashion.”- Azzedine Alaïa.

• “Over the years, I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who’s wearing it.”- Yves Saint Laurent.

• “What’s my style is not your style, and I don’t see how you can define it. It’s something that expresses who you are in your own way.”- Iris Apfel.

• “Whoever said that money can’t buy happiness simply didn’t know where to go shopping.”- Bo Derek.

• “Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.”- Oscar de la Renta.

• “The joy of dressing is an art.” – John Galliano.

• “Being well dressed hasn’t much to do with having good clothes. It’s a question of good balance and good common sense.” – Oscar de la Renta.

• “Girls do not dress for boys. They dress for themselves and, of course, each other. If girls dressed for boys, they’d just walk around naked at all times.” – Betsey Johnson.

• “Luxury is the ease of a T-shirt in a very expensive dress.” – Karl Lagerfeld.

• “A little bad taste is like a nice splash of paprika. We all need a splash of bad taste—it’s hearty, it’s healthy, it’s physical. I think we could use more of it. No taste is what I’m against.”- Diana Vreeland.

• “When in doubt, wear red.” – Bill Blass.

• “The best things in life are free. The second best are very expensive.” – Coco Chanel. 

• “Elegance is good taste, plus a dash of daring.” – Carmel Snow.

• “Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.” – Francis Bacon.

• “The way I dress depends on how I feel. I never have to psych myself up. Usually, it just feels like it works.” – Rihanna.

• “To wear dreams on one’s feet is to begin to give a reality to one’s dreams.” – Roger Vivier.

• “Humor is a big part of my style. You have to be willing to fall on your face a bit to be that fashion roadkill. I know so many people who are die-hard fashion people who are way more educated than I am, but I love fashion. It’s so much more important than just material.”- Zoë Kravitz.

• “I think we all know boldness when we see it. Nothing makes me smile more than when I see someone being fully themselves, with their own individual style and character, whatever that is.” – Angelina Jolie.

• “I think our bodies are beautiful, and I think celebrating them and being comfortable in them—no matter what age you are—is important. There shouldn’t be any kind of shame or discomfort around it.” – Jennifer Aniston.

• “What I really do believe is that anybody—and it really doesn’t matter what shape your body is—can be seductive and sexy and gorgeous and beautiful. I use an extreme idea of beauty as a way of showing Céline, but I don’t believe it has to be like that outside of the fashion show.” – Phoebe Philo.

• “As a woman gets older, it’s more about style than fashion. A woman knowing herself more and more, and looking for new things, is getting into her own personal style, being more than just a fashion addict. I’m interested in that.”- Nicolas Ghesquière.

• “Fashion is a religion in one sense. Once upon a time, our brand was considered the sanctum sanctorum of fashion. I want to produce things that people really want to buy.” – Alessandro Michele. 

• “The shoes set up the tone and attitude; they change the perception of the way one wears clothes, what we call in France le porté. It is not about length, but the juxtaposition or décalage of the shoes—high or low—with the rest of the proportions.” – Hedi Slimane. 

• “I think fashion can do a lot. Fashion is very popular, so it can help broadcast a message and reach a new generation.” – Maria Grazia. 

• “I think the fashion is super serious, and humor is suspect, and people don’t always know how to approach it. Sometimes people have questioned whether I was making fun of the industry or just at myself. I’m just trying to raise a smile. Clothes aren’t meant to be worshipped at a church altar. I have a different approach to most designers.” – Jeremy Scott.

• “Whoever said orange was the new pink was seriously disturbed.” – Elle Woods.

• “There’s so much information now, and everybody sees everything. When we were young kids, we really wanted to shock, but you have to remember, it was the time of punk, and there was a lot of rebellion happening. It was a good thing. Now it’s a bit more conventional.” – Dries Van Noten.

• “On Wednesdays, we wear pink.” – Karen Smith.

• “Perseverance and resilience are key. I also try to remain true to my vision. The idea is to create go-to pieces for a woman’s wardrobe and her life—beautifully crafted pieces that a woman will love today, in two months, in two years, in five years—and to do that for as many women as possible.”Narciso Rodriguez.

• “High and low isn’t such a novelty thing; it’s how young people interpret the life we’ve been given. It’s how we look at luxury brands; it’s how we look at heritage brands.” – Virgil Abloh.

• “Fluidity offers an alternate way of being, crossing and merging masculine and feminine.” – Harris Reed.

• “We are witnessing a ‘gender shift.’ I, therefore, design fashion at the service of it.” – Stefano Pilati.

• “Diversity lasts when it no longer has to be the subject of a story.” – Robin Givhan.

• “The common thread for me in my career is a championing boss who allowed me to soar. I know for many of the Black people in fashion, this is typically not the case.” – Sandrine Charles.

• “As a young girl, I’ve always dreamed of having a career like this. I think it’s so important for me to be able to use my platform and to bring awareness, especially during these times when there’s so much happening in the world. Everyone has a voice, and I think why not use that voice and help women, and tell them to also be bold and be able to break barriers.” – Imaan Hammam.

• “I believe that you have to be ready for the open door, the opportunity. And I will work until they stop booking me.” – Coco Mitchell.

• “The work that I’m trying to do speaks to freedom. It speaks justice. And it also speaks to intelligence in terms of, like, how can we not see what’s happening?” – Kenneth Ize.

• “We all have those go-to pieces in our closet that we keep for years and literally wear out before we retire them. I’m here to make the go-tos, the keepers.” – Jamie Okuma.

• “My commitment is to make a strong and modern collection without compromising my ethics and key values, taking into consideration where materials come from and who is making them—luxury with a conscience, or in other words, honest luxury.” – Gabriela Hearst. 

• “I don’t like to produce things in a factory. It seems stressful. If I produce stuff, I have to work with a small team. I don’t like working with a lot of people. I like the freedom of being creative.” – Tomo Koizumi.

• “Care for your clothes like the good friends they are.” – Joan Crawford.

• “Give a girl the right kind of shoes, and she can rule the world.” – Marilyn Monroe.

• “The zenith of elegance in any woman’s wardrobe is the little black dress, the power of which suggests dash and refinement.” – Andre Leon Talley.

• “Gather up your courage like an armful of free clothes at a McQueen sample sale and follow your inner voice wherever it takes you.” – Kelly Cutrone. 

• “Florals? For Spring? Groundbreaking.” – Miranda Priestly.

• “If you love something, wear it all the time. Find things that suit you. This is how you look extraordinary.” – Vivienne Westwood.

• “One should always dress like a marble column.” – Jackie Kennedy.

• “Clothes aren’t going to change the world. The women who wear them are.” – Anne Klein.

• “Style is knowing what suits you, who you are, and what your assets are. It’s excepting it all.” – Bianca Jagger.

• “Fashion as we knew it is over; people wear now exactly what they feel like wearing.” – Mary Quant. 

Inspirational Fashion Quotes From Icons

Here are a few more inspirational fashion quotes from iconic celebrities and fashion designers that you can use for your Instagram quotes. 

• “I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles.” – Audrey Hepburn.

• “Some women think that if the look this season is minis, they have to wear minis. If you don’t have great legs, there are plenty of alternatives.” – Ralph Lauren.

• “I wanted to dress the woman who lives and works, not the woman in a painting.” – Giorgio Armani. 

• “How can money be the root of all evil? When shopping is the cure for all sadness.” – Elizabeth Taylor.

• “Fashion should be a form of escapism and not a form of imprisonment.” – Alexander McQueen.

• “Fashion fosters the cliches of beauty, but I want to tear them apart.” – Muccia Prada.

• “Don’t forget to fall in love with yourself first.” – Carrie Bradshaw.

• “The best fashion is definitely on the streets. Always has been and always will.” – Bill Cunningham.

• “Clothes are like a good meal, a good movie, and great pieces of music.” – Michael Kors.

• “I certainly feel that an adult woman has a right to determine what happens to her life and her body.”- Calvin Klein. 

• “I always find beauty in things that are odd and imperfect – they are much more interesting.” – Marc Johnson.

• “In a world full of trends, I want to remain a classic.”- Iman.

• “The only rule is don’t be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in.”

• “I love fashion, and that’s how I express myself.” – Victoria Beckham. 

• “Fashion is about dreaming and making other people dream.” – Donatella Versace.

• “I want to remind people of a different kind of glamour, a different look, and breaking rules of fashion. I want to break the rules.” – Dita Von Tesse. 

• “Fashion is about comfort and feeling good.” – Max Azria.

• “The principle of a design – the harmony, rhythm, and balance are all the same with interior and fashion design.” – Venus Williams. 

• “Good fashion is like rock music; all anarchy and revolt.” – Ann Demeulemeester.

• “I have fun with my clothes onstage; it’s not a concert you’re seeing, it’s a fashion show.”- Freddie Mercury.

• “I love the idea of embracing your curves and loving while expressing it through fashion.” – Hayley Hasselhoff.

• “I am not trendy. I am not in fashion. I am simply a positive human being who has a positive outlook on life.” – Thierry Mugler.

• “Dressing well is a form of good manners.” – Tom Ford.

• “Women who wear black have colorful lives.” – Neiman Marcus.

• “I have married fashion, and I think it has been a good wife.” – Franco Moschino.

• “Fashion is a very particular world, as you know.” – Heidi Klum.

• “Fashion is an art, and you are the canvas.” – Velvet Paper.

• “I’ve been 40 years discovering that the queen of all colors was black.” – Pierre-Auguste Renoir.

• “No matter how you feel, always get up, dress up, and show up.” – Regina Brett.

• “Create your own style. Let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.” – Anna Wintour.

• “Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a dam…” – Orson Welles.

• “Everything I wear is a DO, and everything else is a DON’T.” – Christian Siriano.

• “I think in black.” – Gareth Pugh.

• “Fashion is about suspense, surprise, and fantasy. It’s not about rules.” – Wolfgang Poop.

• “Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.” – Sophia Loren. 

• “Buy less. Choose well. Make it last. Quality, not quantity. Everybody’s buying far too many clothes.” – Vivienne Westwood.

Fashion Quotes For Instagram 

There are days when you are about to upload a great photo of yourself wearing something absolutely beautiful, but you don’t know what to write as a caption with it. 

So for the problem, I have the perfect solution. Here are a ton of amazing fashion quotes for Instagram that you can use as a caption. 

• Best Fashion And #OOTD Captions 

When it comes to OOTDs, they should be nothing less than an absolute stunner. 

• “Always dressed to kill.”

• “Being well dressed is my kind of happiness.”

• “Be not afraid of being called unfashionable.”

• “Clothes are family. Take care of them well.”

• “Call me a hot mess, but never a fashion disaster.”

• “Create your own style.”

• “Dressed and ready to eliminate competition.”

• “Do you want to be original? Then be prepared to be copied!”

• “Dress up your mind, and you’ll be able to make all sorts of fashion statements.”

• “Expressing the boldness of beauty through fashion.”

• “Everything looks good with confidence.”

• “Elegant, dashing, and daring.”

• “Embroider your heart into the fabric of your clothes.”

• “Find your happy colors. They’re the ones that make you feel good inside.”

• “Fashion is just another accessory for someone with great style.”

• “Fabulous clothes make me remember how beautiful life is.”

• “Fashion is not about the brand. It’s about the style.”

• “Good clothes open all doors.”

• “If you like it, wear it.”

• “I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream.”

• “Is sensuality at the top of your priority list? If not, then you are undervaluing       yourself.”

• “Life ain’t perfect, but my outfit is!”

• “Life is a party, so dress for it.”

• “My dreams are made of fabric.”

• “My style is my simple way of comveying the complex things in my mind.”

• “Make it simple but significant.”

• “Never forget to wear your smile. It’s the most crucial thing of your get-up.”

• “Never confuse elegance for snobbery.”