Christian Dior

"Every year Dior would present a new line – from Oval to Oblique to the Scissors look."

"He gave no sign of any great desire to persevere with music or painting, despite his obvious eye for the latter. The idea of creativity obsessed but not to the point of renouncing his spectator status…"

"You can wear black at any time. You can wear it at any age. You may wear it for almost any occasion; a 'little black frock' is essential to a woman's wardrobe."

"In 1957, he was consecrated on the cover of Times. The Consensus was that the House of Dior was in a class of its own."

"If my poor maman had still been alive, I would never have tried"

"My mother whom I adored, secretly wasted away and died of grief…; her death…marked me for life."

"It is unforgivable to do what one doesn't love especially if one succeeds."

"Women, with their sure instincts, realized that my intention was to make them not just more beautiful but also happier."