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"A show is a ceremony. It’s a religious ceremony with the people that really believe. You don’t go to a Comme des Garçons show if you don’t really believe in Comme des Garçons. If you don’t believe in it, you go to a baseball match, right?"

– Olivier Zahm, editor and founder of Purple Fashion via style.com

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Like poetry, fashion does not state anything. It merely suggests.

–Oh Karl, you are so wise!

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"There comes a time in every woman's life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne."

-Bette Davis

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"A girl should be two things: class and fabulous."

-Coco Chanel

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"Let's be honest, the reality rarely lives up to the romance and I am OK with that—I think we all could benefit from letting ourselves get lost in the romance of an idea or perception instead of having to know every excruciating detail of reality."

Scott Schuman, aka thesartorialist.com

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After my week long sabbatical, the words of the quintessential fashion phoenix, Diane von Fürstenberg, felt right for today.

"Life is a risk."
–Diane von Fürstenberg

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"It's like a bottle of perfume. You smell it, you don't sniff it or drink it."

— Alber Elbaz, on the smell of success at Monday's CFDA awards.

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“I’m moving to Soho. I’m sick of everyone being like, ‘Oh, you’re Lower East Side—of course.’ Why of course? I’m going to prove them wrong. Besides, it was time for an upgrade.”

—Alexander Wang, via style.com

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"There are no ugly women, only lazy ones."

-Helena Rubinstein

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“Sometimes you feel like you have to be in the fashion world to do good fashion. Today, I think it is the opposite. You have to be local.”

–Jonny Johansson, the founder of ACNE.

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"Current clothes. Comfy Couch. Cute help."

Our partners in all things hip, madisonverve.com's description of Atticus. Never have truer words been spoken.

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In keeping with the current theme...

"In London, just like in New york, if you want to drive yourself nuts being up and up on all the trends, you have to forget your pants."

-Garance Dore

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"We're obsessed with brass. Brass is the new gold. It's recessionary material."
-Philip Crangi (deisgner of Giles&Bro)

I randomly ran across this quote from an old Fashionologie post in February 2009. I still think it's relevant. Cheers to brass jewelry and the fact that it's almost 5 o'clock on Friday!