If a woman is poorly dressed, you notice her dress. If a woman is impeccably dressed, you notice the woman.

I remember confuting one of Westminster's favourite maxims, "better the devil you know than the devil you don't". In the annals of popular wisdom, this is one of the most cretinous sayings I have come across.

A young lady ought to be two things: tasteful and breathtaking.

I wholeheartedly welcomed Charles de Gaulle eulogy of French valour, to which he attributed the liberation of Paris.

simplicity is the key of elegance

As I now feel, I would wish to be borne off anywhere out of this world.

I imposed black; it still going strong today, for black wipes out everything else around