A good model can advance fashion by ten years.

We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.

It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion.

Isn`t elegance forgetting what one is wearing?

Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.

I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.

Fashions fade, style is eternal.

I want to thank all the women who have worn my clothes, the famous and the unknown, who have been so faithful to me and given me so much joy.

I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.

Dressing is a way of life.