singularity and beauty of the odd and imperfect (19 November 2016)

Isabella Blow wearing a Philip Treacy hat

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

– Coco Chanel

Steven Meisel, Isabella Blow in Vogue Italia, luglio 1993

Fashions fade, style is eternal.

– Yves Saint Laurent

Louise Dahl-Wolfe, photograph for Vogue

Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.

– Coco Chanel

Isabella Blow in Paris

A little bad taste is like a nice splash of paprika. We all need a splash of bad taste—it's hearty, it's healthy, it's physical. I think we could use more of it. No taste is what I'm against.

– Diana Vreeland

Isabella Blow wearing Philip Treacy's creations

Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.

– Alexander McQueen

Louise Dahl-Wolfe

Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Self-Portrait, Princeton, New Jersey, 1988

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.

– Orson Welles

I always find beauty in things that are odd or imperfect. They are much more interesting.

- Marc Jacobs

Vain trifles as they seem, clothes have, they say, more important offices than to merely keep us warm. They change our view of the world and the world’s view of us.

– Virginia Woolf