- CREDO FROM The Diary Vol.VI by ANAIS NIN THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN COLORLESS DRESSING AND DRESSING TO EXPRESS CHARACTER, A MOOD, THE RICHNESS OF A PERSONALITY IS THE SAME ONE WHICH SEPARATES A UNIFORM FROM THE ART OF DRESSING. THE LAST ORIGINATES FROM A KNOWLEDGE OF ONE’S IDENTITY, AN AWARENESS OF MOODS, A CARE FOR ELOQUENCE OR THE ART OF LIVING. A CHOICE OF SCARF, A STYLE OF HAIR, THE FORM OF A SHOE, A CERTAIN COLOR, CAN PLAY THIS LYRICAL NOTE WHICH REVEALS A WOMAN’S INNER RICHES. THE ART OF DRESS IN LIVING IS RENEWAL, INVENTIVENESS, EXPLORATION, AN OPENNESS TO THE UNEXPECTED, A LOVE OF SURPRISES. EVE IS NOT A SPECTATOR WATCHING A FASHION PARADE. SHE KNOWS THAT EVEN AMONGST TEXTILES SHE MUST CHOOSE WITH A FEELING FOR THE MEANING OF HER LIFE, THE MOTIFS AND THE PATTERNS, THE TEXTURES OF HER LIFE AND THOSE SHE LOVES, A HARMONIZATION OF MOODS, TEMPERAMENTS AND INDICATIONS OF THE HIDDEN SELVES WHICH CANNOT APPEAR BADLY DRESSED.
- FASHION FADES BUT STYLE IS ETERNAL. Yves Saint Laurent
- FASHION ISN’T SOMETHING THAT EXISTS IN DRESSES ONLY. FASHION IS IN THE SKY, IN THE STREET; FASHION HAS TO DO WITH IDEAS, THE WAY WE LIVE, WHAT’S HAPPENING. Coco Chanel