Carolina Herrera Quotes about Fashion

Elegance isn't solely defined by what you wear. It's how you carry yourself, how you speak, what you read.

Always choose style over fashion: wear something that makes you look beautiful.

Fashion has always been a repetition of ideas, but what makes it new is the way you put it together.

The difference between fashion and art is that fashion is art in movement.

Fashion is to please your eye. Shapes and proportions are for your intellect.

Fashion never stops. There is always the new project, the new opportunity.

Some people take fashion very seriously....but that’s not right... Fashion should be fun!

I want women to really look like women from today. It's not from the past and not from the future, because I don't know what happens in the future. It is the woman of today (who) I think is a seductive woman.

I'm not in the fashion business; I'm in the beauty business.

One thing about my mother is that she has her taste: She knows what she likes and what looks good. It's not studied. There is no insecurity in what she is going to wear, and I think that translates into effortlessness. Her career has been a steady rise, and it hasn't been about the fashion of the moment. It's been because she has kept to her style. She didn't go grunge when it was grunge, or 70's when it was 70's. It's about being secure with what you like and not worrying about what's in fashion that particular day. That's what I admire about her.

Don't become a fashion victim is what I'm trying to say.

I didn't long to be a designer. I always liked fashion, but it was always a bit sleeping in me.

Fashion has to be worn; otherwise it doesn't exist.

I think it is good that fashion is a challenge because when something is a challenge, you want to do it better.

Can I tell you who is the most important fashion icon in the world? Queen Elizabeth of England. Think about that. She has never put her foot anywhere wrong and always looks fantastic.

You have to be a psychiatrist too, especially in fashion. A psychologist and a psychiatrist together.

Fashion is magical, a fantasy. It's madness, and it doesn't last. It's changing all the time.

Fashion is not an investment. If you wear a dress and don't get many compliments, you won't wear it again. It's not like buying bonds.

In fashion, you have to have perseverance. You have to do it again and again, but it's something that comes out of my heart, and I love it.

For me, fashion begins in New York.

Fashion is not easy. You have to change your eye to look for beauty all the time.

When you work in fashion, you need to work as a team. You cannot do anything on your own.

Queen Elizabeth of England is the real fashion icon of the century. And she has a sense of humor.

There have been a lot of changes [in the fashion industry], of course. You just have to accept it and be strong.

I approach fashion as an evolution. It's always changing. As you know, sometimes it changes in three months.