Chic Quotes

• Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.

  Edith Sitwell

  God, Reality, Vulgarity Is

  "Taken Care Of" by Edith Sitwell, (Ch. 19), 1965.

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• Chic is when a woman is in harmony with herself.

  Giambattista Valli

  Harmony, Definition Of Beauty

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• Chic is nothing but the right nothing.

  Mario Testino

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• It is important to be chic.

  Roberto Cavalli

  Important

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• A chic type, a rough type, an odd type - but never a stereotype

  Jean Michel Jarre

  Odd, Stereotype, Rough

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• I'm not chic, I could never be chic.

  Sid Vicious

  Vicious Cycles

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• Luxury must have that over-the-top attitude but be effortless at the same time, that's what feels chic to me.

  Stefano Pilati

  Attitude, Luxury, Feels

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• A chic home makes you happy and a happy home makes you chic!

  Jonathan Adler

  Home, Make You Happy, Happy Home

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• Chic is a kind of mayonnaise, either it tastes, or it doesn't.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Fashion, Taste, Mayonnaise

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• I always feel that if you're gonna be uncomfortable and unhappy in something, just because you think it's in or it's chic, I would advise you to be happy rather than well-dressed. It's better to be happy.

  Iris Apfel

  Fashion, Thinking, Unhappy

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• It is not chic to be too chic.

  Elsie de Wolfe

  Teenage

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• Whenever a female takes a strong stand for herself, the majority of the time they have to really, really narrow it down to being feminine and wearing dresses and just being lipstick chic.

  Michelle Rodriguez

  Fashion, Strong, Majority

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• I think you are born chic. You cannot be chic. It is something you cannot learn.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Learning, Thinking, Elegance

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• It amuses me when I'm described as 'chic.'

  Vanessa Paradis

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Chic is a convent for unloved women.

  Anatole Broyard

  Unloved

  1988 In the NewYork Times, 10 Jan.

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• You can acquire chic and elegance, but style itself is a rare thing.

  Irene Sharaff

  Style, Elegance, Rare Things

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• I want men to be more chic - and Japanese style has that kind of sophisticated elegance.

  Roberto Cavalli

  Men, Style, Want

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• Winter dressing is all about having chic outerwear.

  George Kotsiopoulos

  Winter, Dressings

  "Fashion Police Star George Kotsiopoulos Talks Best Holiday and Winter Trends". Interview with Chrissy Lorenzo, www.justluxe.com. December 29, 2011.

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• I really like to look like a history book. I can look 1940s, I can look 1970s hippie-chic, or sometimes I'll pull that '80s Brooklyn hip-hop kid with the door-knocker earrings.

  Katy Perry

  Hippie, Book, Kids

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• There is no word in English for chic. Why should there be? Everything chic is by legend French. Perhaps everything chic is in reality French.

  Elizabeth Hawes

  Fashion, Reality, Style

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• My personal style can be everything from girly and flirty to edgy and chic.

  Kristin Cavallari

  Girly, Flirty, Style

  "Kristin Cavallari: Life After The Hills". Seventeen Interview, www.seventeen.com. May 23, 2011.

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• Radical Chic, after all, is only radical in Style; in its heart it is part of Society and its traditions.

  Tom Wolfe

  Heart, Style, Tradition

  Tom Wolfe (2010). “Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers”, p.79, Macmillan

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• I had a great example with my mother, who was extremely chic.

  Iris Apfel

  Mother, Example

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• being chic not only takes a great deal of money but an enormous amount of time. It practically precludes everything else, even being on charity committees. Half of one's time goes getting chic, the other half being seen that way.

  Elizabeth Hawes

  Fashion, Style, Half

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• One of the reasons I wanted to collaborate with Target is because I felt that together we could create a collection that would inspire - one that is cool and chic, but still very accessible.

  Phillip Lim

  Inspire, Together, Target

  "Phillip Lim Signed On as Target's Next Designer Collaboration" by Lauren Levinson, www.elle.com. May 9, 2013.

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