Diana Vreeland Quotes


"What do I think about the way most people dress? Most people are not something one thinks about."
- Diana Vreeland
(Related: People, Dress)

"The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it."
- Diana Vreeland
(Related: Elegance, Mind, Rest)

"Poor, darling fellow - he died of food. He was killed by the dinner table."
- Diana Vreeland
(Related: Food, Poor)

"No one cuts backs like he did. No one knows what a back is anymore."
- Diana Vreeland
"I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity."
- Diana Vreeland
(Related: Vanity)

"I always wear my sweater back-to-front; it is so much more flattering."
- Diana Vreeland
"Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal."
- Diana Vreeland
(Related: Being, Elegance, Nothing)

"Blue jeans are the most beautiful things since the gondola."
- Diana Vreeland
"Pink is the navy blue of India."
- Diana Vreeland
(Related: Navy)

"Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more."
- Diana Vreeland
(Related: Clothes, Evening)