Cornelius Nepos Quotes

Money does not make you look expensive, it’s taste.

I think elegance is always going to be there.

Elegance is innate. It has nothing to do with being well dressed. Elegance is refusal.

Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress.

simplicity is the key of elegance

Hardship is vanishing, but so is style, and the two are more closely connected than the present generation supposes.

I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the ugliest word in our language. I stay in the game to fight it.

Luxury lies not in the richness of things, but in the absence of vulgarity

Just because one likes to cook up a great meal or decorate their home doesn't mean they have to do it with granite counter tops and duck a l'orange.

The Chanel woman is slender, sophisticated and chic.

A custom-tailored suit retains a certain dignity about it.

I love fashion, beauty, glamour. It's the mark of civilisation.

There's definitely a thin line between being tasteful and tacky.

I am from the planet of elegance.

Elegance is not a dispensable luxury but a factor that decides between success and failure.

Elegance is refusal.

I do not connect fashion to elegance. Elegance is in the wilderness, and fashion is in the domestic.

I love the finer things.

When I finish dressing before a night out and have put on all the accessories, I usually look at myself in the mirror long and hard and then end up removing something. Whether it's a belt, bracelet or a bauble, less is always more.

Glamour to me is about remaining graceful and understated.

Luxury and style have been key elements in all my projects.

The way a woman carries herself and the way she dresses ought to promote the following types of words: modesty, discretion, wisdom, beauty, elegance and refinement, but not sensuality, luxury, extravagance.

Good taste rejects excessive nicety.

You can't learn how to be elegant; you can only learn how to avoid mistakes. The rest is instinct. Elegance is about the way you cross your legs, not the label or the newest clothes from the latest collection.

Elegance is not to be noticed, but to be remembered.