Stacy London Quotes

Your self-esteem won't come from body parts. You need to step away from the mirror every once in a while, and look for another reflection, like the one in the eyes of the people who love you and admire you.

Rules like 'don't wear white after Labor Day' or 'shoes matching the handbag' are antiquated. Modern women should feel free to experiment.

Seeing, feeling, thinking, believing - these are the stages of how we change our style on the outside and our self-image on the inside.

Never let a trend get in the way of creating a great outfit for yourself.

Smart beauty is about looking your best and feeling your best and never overpaying for it.

There is something about a well-fitted modern jacket that feels like armor. If it's cut well, it adds a dose of cool to anything you wear it with and does the heavy lifting when it comes to creating a flattering shape.

Matching your hat to your shoe to your bag, or your necklace to your earrings, has a tendency to look dated. Mixing up your accessories adds interest to an outfit, and can make you look much more modern and polished.

You don't need money to look fabulous. There are so many awesome new designers, so many designers doing collections for mass retailers.

Any item in your wardrobe should satisfy one of two criteria: utility and joy.

The fact is, there is only one body ideal in fashion, and most likely, you don't have it.

Less is more. I truly believe in buying a few pieces with better construction.

Clothes are not Botox. Wearing a miniskirt does not take 10 years off your face.

I think style is very different from fashion. Fashion was what I went after when I was feeling incredibly insecure and monstrous on the inside.

Style is the instrument you can pick back up when you want to regain some of the confidence you've lost.

Fit is everything. I don't care what your body type is like: If you're not wearing clothes that fit you, you can't have style.

I don't argue style on the basis of tastes. If you feel like you've reached your personal best, don't change.

Confidence is the best accessory. It can make or break an outfit.

Nothing's too girly and nothing's too masculine. But I do love color, and maybe that's a little girly - especially pink.

Looking relevant, modern, timely and appropriate in terms of your age, body type and lifestyle is not only about the joy of self-expression but a form of self-care: it lets the world know how you want to be perceived and treated.

Don't let fear or insecurity stop you from trying new things. Believe in yourself. Do what you love. And most importantly, be kind to others, even if you don't like them.

Style can change your look, certainly, but it can also change your life.

I'm not one of those people who wakes up and thinks, 'Bring on the day!' I have to have about 7 pints of coffee before I'm even remotely awake. But I love the golden hour in the evening, as hokey as that sounds. Just as the sun is about to set and you get those lovely shadows and everything looks gold and yellow.

Being able to choose the skin I live in was the draw of fashion.

I understand when u feel overwhelmed style is the 1st thing to go, but its also the 1st thing you can pick back up to get you back on track.

I'm not as snarky as I used to be.

If you only have work clothes - the black trouser and ribbed turtleneck you got four years ago at the Gap - you're not participating in your own style personality.

A lot of people have said that I'm super-snarky and mean. But honesty is the only way to get people to change. It's very important to be constructively critical - give people alternatives and you're giving them a new way to see themselves.

The fashion industry [is] built on, and thrives on, our collective insecurity.

I really do believe that my style is informed by the fact that I had such issues with my appearance at various times of my life.

All metallics are neutrals. So it is absolutely fine to mix gold and silver; you just want it to look like it has purpose.

Finding tricks to create flattering body shape is the key to style.

Texture is something we forget - it makes outfits look very expensive. You can do a monochromatic outfit, if you're afraid of things that are more colorful and printed, and still create interest.

You have to let go of who you were to allow yourself to become who you are.

I believe every PERSON is beautiful. What you do with that beauty, how you develop it, is up to you.

Style is all about your individual sense of how you want to present yourself to the world. It's about loving what you've got instead of wishing for what you're not.

Not one person I know isn't concerned with their appearance. To trivialize fashion is to rob ourselves of a great tool.

Style applies to a lifestyle. It's not about being told this is trendy, you must do it. Now people have more access than ever before.

You should feel beautiful and you should feel safe. What you surround yourself with should bring you peace of mind and peace of spirit.

Style is joyful if you allow yourself to have joy.

Only buy things that make your heart sing. If I don't love it, I won't buy it.

We all put obstacles in our own path toward personal style, myself included. If we understood why we constructed these practical and emotional obstacles, we might move beyond it to healthier, happier perceptions of ourselves and, ideally, a better sense of self-esteem.