“The only real elegance is in the mind if you've got that the rest really comes from it.”

“The woman was Diana Vreeland, the high priestess of fashion and legendary fashion editor of Harper’s Bazaar and editor-in-chief of Vogue. Dana paused, eyes wide. Well, perhaps she was a bit star-struck after all.”

“Poor, darling fellow - he died of food. He was killed by the dinner table.”

“The only real elegance is in the mind if you've got that the rest really comes from it.”

“A lie to get out of something, or take an advantage for oneself, that’s one thing; but a lie to make life more interesting—well, that’s entirely different.”

“A new dress doesn’t get you anywhere. It's the life you’re living in the dress.”

“We are not looking for endless variety--we are looking for fashion." February 10, 1967, Memo re HAIR ON SITTINGS”

“A funny person is funny only for so long, but a wit can sit down and go on being spellbinding forever. One is not meant to laugh. One stays quiet and marvels. Spontaneously witty talk is without question the most fascinating entertainment there is.”

“In this instance, however, the answer was quite straightforward: "Men want women beautiful, romantic... birds of paradise instead of hurrying brown hens," said Bazaar in October 1945. As families were reestablished, there was a move toward a celebratory fashion of fecundity, with closer-fitting waists and rounder hips.”