"Elegance must be the right combination of distinction, naturalness, care and simplicity. Outside this, believe me, there is no elegance. Only pretension."
"A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture, designed to enhance the proportions of the female body."
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Source: Christian Dior: The Man who Made the World Look New. Book by Marie France Pochna (p. 170), 1996.
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