Christian Dior quotes

Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.

You can never really go wrong if you take nature as an example.

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.

After women, flowers are the most lovely thing God has given the world.

A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture, designed to enhance the proportions of the female body.

In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable.

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.

Women, with their sure instincts, realized that my intention was to make them not just more beautiful but also happier.

After women, flowers are the most lovely thing God has given the world.

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.

All I required to be happy was friendship and people I could admire.