Colour is what gives jewels their worth. They light up and enhance the face. Nothing is more elegant than a black skirt and sweater worn with a sparkling multi-stoned necklace.
- Christian Dior
Nothing, More, Worn, Colour
On vacation, you can wear all the colorful and casual clothing that you like, but you must always be elegant.
- Christian Dior
Always, Like, Wear, Casual
We were emerging from the period of war, of uniforms, of women-soldiers built like boxers. I drew women-flowers, soft shoulders, fine waists like liana and wide skirts like corolla.
- Christian Dior
Shoulders, Period, Wide, Emerging
From his very first works, it was clear that Henri Sauguet would bring spontaneity, romance, and a nonacademic approach back to modern music.
- Christian Dior
Romance, Very, Works, Modern Music
The tones of gray, pale turquoise and pink will prevail.
- Christian Dior
Pink, Will, Gray, Prevail
A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting.
- Christian Dior
Woman, Her, Tells, Handwriting
Bright reds - scarlet, pillar-box red, crimson or cherry - are very cheerful and youthful. There is certainly a red for everyone.
- Christian Dior
Cherry, Very, Certainly, Cheerful
In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable.
- Christian Dior
Personal, Machine, Last, Machine Age
A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture, designed to enhance the proportions of the female body.
- Christian Dior
Dress, Piece, Ephemeral, Proportions
Haute couture is like an orchestra, for which only Balenciaga is the conductor. The rest of us are just musicians, following the directions he gives us.
- Christian Dior
Rest, Like, Which, Conductor
Women are most fascinating between the ages of 35 and 40 after they have won a few races and know how to pace themselves. Since few women ever pass 40, maximum fascination can continue indefinitely.
- Christian Dior
How, Continue, Indefinitely, Few Women
Women, with their sure instincts, realized that my intention was to make them not just more beautiful but also happier.
- Christian Dior
More, Realized, Sure, Instincts
Finally, everything that has been part of my life, whether I wanted it to or not, has expressed itself in my dresses.
- Christian Dior
My Life, Finally, Been, Expressed
Deep in every heart slumbers a dream, and the couturier knows it: every woman is a princess.
- Christian Dior
Deep, Woman, Dream, Every Heart
The detail is as important as the essential is. When it is inadequate, it destroys the whole outfit.
- Christian Dior
Important, Inadequate, Essential
You can wear black at any time. You can wear it at any age. You may wear it for almost any occasion; a 'little black frock' is essential to a woman's wardrobe.
- Christian Dior
Woman, Occasion, May, Essential
I wanted to be considered a good craftsman. I wanted my dresses to be constructed like buildings, molded to the curves of the female form, stylizing its shape.
- Christian Dior
Like, Shape, Constructed, Female
White is pure and simple and matches with everything.
- Christian Dior
Simple, White, Pure, Matches
You can never really go wrong if you take nature as an example.
- Christian Dior
Nature, Never, Take, Wrong
Without foundations, there can be no fashion.
- Christian Dior
Without, Foundations, Fashion
A country, a style or an epoch are interesting only for the idea behind them.
- Christian Dior
Behind, Country, Idea, Epoch
Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.
- Christian Dior
Beauty, Attractive, Zest, The Secret Of
All I required to be happy was friendship and people I could admire.
- Christian Dior
Friendship, Happy, Could, Required
After women, flowers are the most lovely thing God has given the world.
- Christian Dior
Lovely, Most, Given, Thing
My dream is to save women from nature.
- Christian Dior
Nature, Women, Dream, Save
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