Virginia Postrel Quotes

I think glamour is synonymous with me.

I've never really known what glamour is.

I think that glamour is about confidence and really owning the look.

I don't think I'm the one that invented glamour at all.

I think people look great in black. I love that what stands out is the person, especially. Black just conveys a kind of drama, even if it can be quiet drama. It does lend to the wearer a sense of confidence.

Glamour is what I sell, it's my stock in trade.

Although people often equate them, glamour is not the same as beauty, stylishness, luxury, celebrity, or sex appeal. It is not limited to fashion or film; nor is it intrinsically feminine. It is not a collection of aesthetic markers - a style, as fashion and design use the word.

I love getting dressed up and glamorous for the red carpet. It makes me feel powerful and sexy!

To me glamour isn't about being sparkly.

I'm just not very good at glamour... It doesn't come easily to me.

I think that when Michelle Pfeiffer goes out, she's exactly what I aspire to be - she always looks beautiful and sexy, but she never looks like she's trying to be the center of attention.

I used to be more glamorous.

I've never been a much of a glamour girl.

I'm just not the glamour type. Glamour girls are born, not made. And the real ones can be glamorous even if they don't wear magnificent clothes. I'll bet Lana Turner would look glamorous in anything.

A dress will never make a woman sexy, fatale, magnificent, mysterious. It's a way of walking, of standing, or existing, the way you give your hand or your regard. That's what makes the dress.

Oceans is about glamour. I can't go looking like a slob can I?

Glamour is an attitude-it's the expression of a certain kind of confidence. A glamorous woman is always elegant, but she also possesses an air of mystery and excitement. She's dramatic-almost untouchable.

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

Glamour is really fun.

I grew up loving actresses or actors who were very classy but who seemed a little bit mysterious because you couldn't grasp what they're really thinking. I mean, Grace Kelly always looked impossibly glamorous, yet you could always see there was something behind her eyes.

I love to do glamorous things, like wear Valentino.

I was the good Bond girl, but I wanted to have the dresses and the high heels. I wanted the funky, sexy name.

The Guess girl always combines sensuality with class. She's sexy and voluptuous, but not in a vulgar or cheesy way. Over the years, whether it was when I first saw Laetitia Casta, Eva Herzigova, or Anna Nicole Smith, the common thread when choosing the next Guess girl was an instant feeling in my stomach that she was the one.

Emma Stone, I think, always looks beautiful.

I never thought of Kim Basinger in terms of age. For me she embodies woman with her subtleties and intricacies. She's sensual and intellectually engaging, elegant with a very strong personal style.