The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.

Before even the technique, there is a dream. Chanel had it. The dream is everything.

I always wear my sweater back-to-front; it is so much more flattering.

Water is God's tranquilizer.

Unshined shoes are the end of civilization.

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.

Balenciaga often said that women did not have to be perfect or beautiful to wear his clothes. When they wore his clothes, they became beautiful.