50 Timeless Quotes About Why Style Is More Important Than Fashion
1.
Fashion fades, only style remains the same.
—Coco Chanel
—Coco Chanel
2.
Fashions fade, style is eternal.
—Yves Saint Laurent
—Yves Saint Laurent
3.
Style is a simple way of saying complicated things.
—Jean Cocteau
—Jean Cocteau
4.
Style isn’t just about what you wear, it’s about how you live.
—Lilly Pulitzer
—Lilly Pulitzer
5.
If at first you don’t succeed, failure may be your style.
—Quentin Crisp
—Quentin Crisp
6.
Styles, like everything else, change. Style doesn’t.
—Linda Ellerbee
—Linda Ellerbee
7.
In matters of great importance, style, not sincerity is the vital thing.
—Oscar Wilde
—Oscar Wilde
8.
Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess.
—Edna Woolman Chase
—Edna Woolman Chase
9.
Style is primarily a matter of instinct.
—Bill Blass
—Bill Blass
10.
Style is when they’re running you out of town and you make it look like you’re leading the parade.
—William Battie
—William Battie
11.
Whatever does not pretend at all has style enough.
—Booth Tarkington
—Booth Tarkington
12.
Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
—Oscar de la Renta
—Oscar de la Renta
13.
The difference between style and fashion is quality.
—Giorgio Armani
—Giorgio Armani
14.
Style is whatever you want to do, if you can do it with confidence.
—George Clinton
—George Clinton
15.
In character, in manner, in style, in all things, the supreme excellence is simplicity.
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
16.
Style is knowing who you really are, what you say and what you do, and not giving a shit about whatever people think.
—Samuel Victor David Evans
—Samuel Victor David Evans
17.
Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.
—Gore Vidal
—Gore Vidal
18.
I still appreciate individuality. Style is much more interesting than fashion, really.
—Marc Jacobs
—Marc Jacobs
19.
I have eclectic taste, and I love vintage style mixed with glamour and old world charm.
—Sonam Kapoor
—Sonam Kapoor
20.
You don’t learn style from watching people on a runway. Fashion happens every morning when you wake up.
—Shalom Harlow
—Shalom Harlow
21.
Italian style is a natural attitude. It is about a life of good taste. It doesn’t have to be expensive. Simple but with good taste. Luxury is possible to buy. Good taste is not.
—Diego Della Valle
—Diego Della Valle
22.
Style is joyful if you allow yourself to have joy.
—Stacy London
—Stacy London
23.
For me, music and life are all about style.
—Miles Davis
—Miles Davis
24.
I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
—Yves Saint Laurent
—Yves Saint Laurent
25.
I think there are very few people who have a real style, a real personality, and real beauty.
—Marisa Berenson
—Marisa Berenson
26.
Style is the substance of the subject called unceasingly to the surface.
—Victor Hugo
—Victor Hugo
27.
My number-one theory in life is that style is proportional to your lack of resources—the less you have, the more stylish you’re likely to be.
—Beth Ditto
—Beth Ditto
28.
Style used to be an interaction between the human soul and tools that were limiting. In the digital era, it will have to come from the soul alone.
—Jaron Lanier
—Jaron Lanier
29.
Style is the image of character.
—Edward Gibbon
—Edward Gibbon
30.
If you have a sense of style and purpose and will you don’t want to compromise.
—Vidal Sassoon
—Vidal Sassoon
31.
I admire anyone with their own sense of personal style.
—Nicole Richie
—Nicole Richie
32.
I’m not fashionable, and I know nothing about fashion, but I have my individual style, and style is eternal.
—Vidya Balan
—Vidya Balan
33.
Real style is never right or wrong. It’s a matter of being yourself on purpose.
—G. Bruce Boyer
—G. Bruce Boyer
34.
Style is the perfection of a point of view.
—Richard Eberhart
—Richard Eberhart
35.
You gotta have style. It helps you get down the stairs. It helps you get up in the morning. It’s a way of life. Without it, you’re nobody.
—Diana Vreeland
—Diana Vreeland
36.
Personal style is not something that is just in the air. It is something you have and that you apply to yourself.
—Paloma Picasso
—Paloma Picasso
37.
Fashion is what you’re offered four times a year by designers. And style is what you choose.
—Lauren Hutton
—Lauren Hutton
38.
Fashion is OK for five days, one minute, six months, but style is for the rest of the life.
—Stefano Gabbana
—Stefano Gabbana
39.
Oh, never mind the fashion. When one has a style of one’s own, it is always twenty times better.
—Margaret Oliphant
—Margaret Oliphant
40.
Finding your style is like putting puzzle pieces together.
—Lara Spencer
—Lara Spencer
41.
The only real elegance is in the mind; if you’ve got that, the rest really comes from it.
—Diana Vreeland
—Diana Vreeland
42.
What is the difference between fashion and style—Fashion says, ‘Me, too,’ and style, ‘Only me.’
—Geraldine Stutz
—Geraldine Stutz
43.
Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak.
—Rachel Zoe
—Rachel Zoe
44.
Style is character.
—Joan Didion
—Joan Didion
45.
Fashion is what you’re offered four times a year by designers. And style is what you choose.
—Lauren Hutton
—Lauren Hutton
46.
I believe that if you think about what style means, you won’t become a fashion victim.
—John Varvatos
—John Varvatos
47.
Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.
—Audrey Hepburn
—Audrey Hepburn
48.
Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world.
—Marilyn Monroe
—Marilyn Monroe
49.
Style really comes down to what makes you feel good.
—Alexandra Stoddard
—Alexandra Stoddard
50.
Walk like you have three men walking behind you.
—Oscar de la Renta
—Oscar de la Renta
