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
Diana VreelandI'm a person who is only invested in the pleasures and enjoyments of life. All the rest is left to the men. I've always remained what you might call "feminine" about the whole [work] thing.
Diana VreelandNo one had a better sense of luxury than Coco Chanel, She really had the spirit of the 20th Century.
Diana VreelandGod was fair to the Japanese. He gave them no oil, no coal, no diamonds, no gold, no natural resources โ nothing! Nothing comes from the island that you can sustain a civilization on. What God gave the Japanese was a sense of styleโmaintained through the centuries through hard work and the disciplines of ambition.
Diana Vreeland