Women want to wear what they do because of what goes on in their heads. Their size and shape have practically nothing to do with it.

All changes in clothes rise out of the lives of the people who wear them. The function of the designer is simply to see a little ahead of time what the people want, and to provide it. No designer can start anything really new and different unless there is a public all ready for it.

Fashion is that horrid little man with an evil eye who tells you that your last winter's coat may be in perfect physical condition, but you can't wear it. You can't wear it because it has a belt and this year 'we are not showing belts.

Chic is a combination of style and fashion.

rule number one for all American women: You are to be seen and felt, but not heard. Listen and do as you are told and everything will be all right.

I don't know when the word fashion came into being, but it was an evil day. For thousands of years people got along with something called style and maybe, in another thousand, we'll go back to it.

Women want to wear what they do because of what goes on in their heads. Their size and shape have practically nothing to do with it.