My style icon is anyone who makes a bloody effort — Isabella Blow
It's true the punk fashion itself was iconographic: rips and dirt, safety pins, zips, slogans, and hairstyles. These motifs were so iconic in themselves - motifs of rebellion. — Vivienne Westwood
Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak. — Rachel Zoe
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
Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess. — Edna W. Chase
Style is a reflection of your attitude and your personality. — Shawn Ashmore
Style is about the choices you make to create the aspects of civilization that you wish to uphold. — David Bowie
Styles come and go. Good design is a language, not a style. — Massimo Vignelli
Style is a deeply personal expression of who you are, and every time you dress, you are asserting a part of yourself. — Nina Garcia
Personal style is about taking a risk, trying something unexpected, and having fun with fashion, but always being true to yourself. — Ralph Lauren
Short Style Icons Quotes
Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn. — Gore Vidal
Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are. — Quentin Crisp
Style is primarily a matter of instinct. — Bill Blass
Fashion should be stylish and fun. — Sayings
Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are. — Gianni Versace
Always choose style over fashion: wear something that makes you look beautiful. — Carolina Herrera
Fashion is instant language. — Miuccia Prada
Fashion is what you're offered four times a year by designers. And style is what you choose. — Lauren Hutton
Style is the perfection of a point of view. — Richard Eberhart
Accessories are like vitamins to fashion — Anna Dello Russo
Style Icons Image Quotes
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Fashion Icons Quotes
Elegance is the only beauty that never fades. — Audrey Hepburn
I think there is beauty in everything. What 'normal' people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it. — Alexander McQueen
Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman. — Coco Chanel
In matters of style, swim with the current, in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
The hardest thing in fashion is not to be known for a logo, but to be known for a silhouette. — Giambattista Valli
Anyone can get dressed up and glamorous, but it is how people dress in their days off that are the most intriguing. — Alexander Wang
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
In difficult times, fashion is always outrageous. — Elsa Schiaparelli
Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants. — Karl Lagerfeld
Decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way you live. — Gianni Versace
People will stare. Make it worth their while. — Harry Winston
Style Is Quotes
The Toyota style is not to create results by working hard. It is a system that says there is no limit to people's creativity. People don't go to Toyota to 'work' they go there to 'think'. — Taiichi Ohno
Greatness can be captured in one word: lifestyle. Life is God's gift to you, style is what you make of it. — Mae Jemison
The coolest thing is when you don’t care about being cool anymore. Indifference is the greatest aphrodisiac - that’s what really sums up style for me. — Rick Owens
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
Don't choose the one who is beautiful to the world. But rather, choose the one who makes your world beautiful. -Harry Styles — Harry Styles
Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful. — Sophia Loren
If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they're happy. — Dorothy Parker
Being happy never goes out of style.
Urbanization is not about simply increasing the number of urban residents or expanding the area of cities. More importantly, it's about a complete change from rural to urban style in terms of industry structure, employment, living environment and social security. — Li Keqiang
The difference between style and fashion is quality. — Giorgio Armani
It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount of money one has in the bank, that counts. These mean nothing. It is simply service that measures success. — George Washington Carver
Finding your own style is not easy, but once found it brings complete happiness. It gives you self-confidence, always. — Yves Saint Laurent
If you can't be better than your competition, just dress better. — Anna Wintour
Reluctant as I am to regard myself as a style icon, I would love to think I could inspire older women to make the most of themselves. — Mary Berry
Style is very personal. It has nothing to do with fashion. Fashion is over quickly. Style is forever. — Ralph Lauren
Fashion is not necessarily about labels. It's not about brands. It's about something else that comes from within you. — Ralph Lauren
Too much good taste can be very boring. Independent style, on the other hand, can be very inspiring. — Diana Vreeland
I think because I've gotten permission from my style icons like Tim Gunn and André Leon Talley, who say to me, "You don't need to dress like anyone else, because you're your own fashion icon. You represent comfortable. And you do fashion your way, and you should be at Fashion Week." They gave me permission to enjoy it! And it's great! — Whoopi Goldberg
The woman is the most perfect doll that i have dressed with delight and admiration. — Karl Lagerfeld
I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity. — Diana Vreeland
Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. — Coco Chanel
Always dress like you're going to see your worst enemy. — Kimora Lee Simmons
Fashion is in the sky, in the street. — Coco Chanel
When a woman says, ‘I have nothing to wear!’, what she really means is, ‘There’s nothing here for who I’m supposed to be today. — Caitlin Moran
Elegance is not standing out, but being remembered. — Giorgio Armani
Too much good taste can be boring — Diana Vreeland
You can never take too much care over the choice of your shoes. — Christian Dior
The great style icons are tomboys — Loulou de la Falaise
Blake Lively is my style icon, and she always has rocking clothes and shoes. She keeps it really simple with hair and makeup, and I try to do the same thing. — Kelsea Ballerini
I like individuality in fashion - it annoys me when celebrities put on a bodycon dress and a pair of high heels and suddenly they are 'style icons.' — Georgie Henley
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. — Diana Vreeland
Luxury is the ease of a t-shirt in a very expensive dress. — Karl Lagerfeld
Someone who I would consider an ultimate beauty and style icon would be Jennifer Lopez. She is absolutely ageless, and she has reinvented herself so many times throughout the years and yet is absolutely flawless and stays true to herself. — Tamera Mowry
My ultimate style icon is Grace Jones. — Nick Rhodes
Being a digital photographer I'm in awe of the older generation of photographers who created all those iconic cinematic style images on film, such as Man Ray's portrait of the photographer Lee Miller. — Paul Walker
I LOVE RIHANNA. I LOVE THAT SHE IS HERSELF WITH NO APOLOGIES. HER SENSE OF STYLE AND SELF IS UNIQUE. I LOVE HOW SHE TRANSFORMS HERSELF WITH EACH ALBUM, EACH CAMPAIGN. ALWAYS EVOLVING. A TRUE ICON. — Venus Williams
Beyoncé means so much to me. Throughout my transition, Beyoncé has been there as a style icon, an example of excellence, of beauty, of vulnerability. She's shared so much of herself, and it's inspiring. — Laverne Cox
Music has always been a dominant force in my life. As a young kid, it was a way for me to escape everyday life. Today, it's a source of expression. I enjoy looking at old photos of some of my favorite rock icons, but also get inspired from the younger bands that are coming up and really creating their own style, their own image. — John Varvatos
With the artists that I named - Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Madonna, every time they come out with a new album, something's slightly different. In the case of Madonna, she'll come with one joint that'll be left, and then come totally right, but it's always hot. She's just got style. So, at the end, I want my name to be up there with those artists; for people to say, he's one of those iconic figures you can't put in a box. — Sisqo
When I was first writing about Japan, it was at the peak of the Bubble. Bubble popped, but they kept on going. Japanese street style feeds American iconics back into America in somewhat the way English rock once fed American blues back into America. — William Gibson
Look at some of the most iconic pieces from Prada and Marni. Every time you pull them out, even if it's five years later, they're still iconic! And then your kids can wear them, and probably style them in a different way. Well-made prints age very well. — Thakoon Panichgul
The idea of a visual icon that gives you a sense of information very quickly and that you can easily just say "That's what the style is." — DJ Spooky
Stevie Nicks has always been my fashion icon, so I wanted to blend her infamous witchy style with the 90s valley girl theme that I was so entranced by as a young girl. — Bethany Cosentino
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