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White stockings I do not like. Why does anyone except a schoolgirl want to wear them? Nothing is more flattering to the legs than flesh color.

~Elsa Schiaparelli

Topics: Anyone Color Does Except Flattering Flesh Legs Like More Nothing Schoolgirl Stockings Than Them Want Wear White Why

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Never fit a dress to the body but train the body to fit the dress.

~Elsa Schiaparelli

Topics: Body Dress Fit Never Train

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Women dress alike all over the world: they dress to be annoying to other women.

~Elsa Schiaparelli

Topics: Alike Annoying Dress Other Over Women World

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Women can learn from men and improve their 'chic.' A man wouldn't think of wearing a tight shoe or one that didn't harmonize with his suit.

~Elsa Schiaparelli

Topics: Chic His Improve Learn Man Men Shoe Suit Think Tight Wearing Women

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Many men admire strong women, but they don't love them.

~Elsa Schiaparelli

Topics: Admire Love Many Men Strong Strong Women Them Women

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Fortunately, or unforunately for me, I am always at my best when I am unhampered: when I can let myself go and have a little fun.

~Elsa Schiaparelli

Topics: Always Am Best Fortunately Fun Go Little Me Myself I Am I Can

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What Hollywood designs today, you will be wearing tomorrow.

~Elsa Schiaparelli

Topics: Designs Hollywood Today Tomorrow Wearing Will You

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You cannot choose beforehand what you want to use for a suit. You may want to change your mind a dozen times before you are through.

~Elsa Schiaparelli

Topics: Before Beforehand Cannot Change Choose Dozen May Mind Suit Through Times Use Want You Your

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I think it is childish for men to joke about women's clothes, to make fun of our hats, to complain over the cost of a good fur coat.

~Elsa Schiaparelli

Topics: About Childish Clothes Coat Complain Cost Fun Fur Good Hats Joke Make Men Our Over Think Women I Think

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Before me, everything was black or navy blue or gray or brown or beige, things like that, for daytime. I began using shocking pink and ice blue and all kinds of bright colors. And I dyed furs.

~Elsa Schiaparelli

Topics: Before Began Black Blue Bright Brown Colors Daytime Dyed Everything Gray Ice Kinds Like Me Navy Pink Shocking Things Using

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Type: Designer

Born: September 10th, 1890

Died: November 13th, 1973

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