Death and vulgarity are the only two facts in the nineteenth century that one cannot explain away. Oscar Wilde
Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity. Coco Chanel
There is never vulgarity in a whole truth, however commonplace. It may be unimportant or painful. It cannot be vulgar. Vulgarity is only in concealment of truth, or in affectation. John Ruskin
There is a real vulgarity in the way women dress at the moment. They show off too much and try too hard. They don't understand where the line is between sexy and vulgar. I know where that line is. Roberto Cavalli