Diana Vreeland
Diana Vreeland
Diana Vreeland, was a noted columnist and editor in the field of fashion. She worked for the fashion magazines Harper's Bazaar and Vogue and as a special consultant at the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1964...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth29 September 1903
CountryUnited States of America
mad culinary marvelous
Chutney is marvelous. I'm mad about it. To me, it's very imperial.
fashion sweaters flattering
I always wear my sweater back-to-front; it is so much more flattering.
tables dinner poor
Poor, darling fellow - he died of food. He was killed by the dinner table.
memories thinking scent
I think allure is something around you, like a perfume or like a scent. It's like a memory ... it pervades.
hands judging size
The way to judge a good hand is that the fingers are the same size at the tip as where they come out of the hand itself.
world pants hottest
The hottest thing in the world is to wear pants with stockings.
cutting knows
No one cuts backs like he did. No one knows what a back is anymore.
fashion morning style
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.
people one-day next
Where Chanel came from in France is anyone’s guess. She said one thing one day and another thing the next. She was a peasant—and a genius. Peasants and geniuses are the only people who count and she was both.
dance dream dancing
When I discovered dancing, I learned to dream.
style helping situation
Money has nothing to do with style at all, but naturally it helps every situation.
wings personality revelations
A good photograph was never what I was looking for. I like to have a point. I had to have a point or I didn't have a picture. This is what I've always found so fascinating about paparazzi pictures. They catch something unintended, on the wing... they get that thing. It's the revelation of personality.
girl two gertrude
The two greatest mannequins of the century were Gertrude Stein and Edith Sitwell - unquestionably. You just couldn't take a bad picture of those two old girls
opposites lunch people
Allure is a word very few people use nowadays, but it's something that exists. Allure holds you, doesn't it? Whether it's a gaze or a glance in the street or a face in the crowd or someone sitting opposite you at lunch... you are held