Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more.
Diana Vreeland

Blue jeans are the most beautiful things since the gondola.
Diana Vreeland

Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal.
Diana Vreeland

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

I loathe narcissism, but I approve of vanity.
Diana Vreeland

In a Balenciaga you were the only woman in the room - no other woman existed.
Diana Vreeland

No one cuts backs like he did. No one knows what a back is anymore.
Diana Vreeland

Pink is the navy blue of India.
Diana Vreeland

Poor, darling fellow - he died of food. He was killed by the dinner table.
Diana Vreeland

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


What do I think about the way most people dress? Most people are not something one thinks about.
Diana Vreeland