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Friday's Top Style Quotes

This Friday's 40 - 31

40

I love people who make me laugh.

I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh.

It cures a multitude of ills.

It's probably the most important thing in a person.

Audrey Hepburn

39

Always listen for everything is to be learned.

Isabel Preysler

38

My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life,

but doing the best at this moment 

puts you in the best place

for the next moment.

Oprah Winfrey

37

What matters is manners, which is putting people at their ease,

making them feel at home, and trying to develop the sort

of sensitivity that puts other people first; it is an attitude.

Rachel Johnson

36

Never look down on anybody

unless you're helping them up.

Jesse Jackson

35

Mystery is one of the most important qualities a woman

can possess.

A woman who is an open book is boring.

Carolina Herrera

34

Always mix chic and cheap.

Ines de la Fressange

33

It is always better to be slightly underdressed.

Coco Chanel

32

Isn't elegance forgetting what one is wearing?

Yves Saint Laurent

31

Balenciaga once said that the secret of elegance is elimination.

I believe that.

That's why I love Givenchy...they're clothes without ornament,

with everything stripped away.

Audrey Hepburn

A Style Guide by Ines de la Fressange

At last I have 'Parisian Chic' by Ines de la Fressange...

Waterstones had sold out and I went into nearly all of them!!!

And it had sold out on Amazon but it's here now...

Ines is so stylish, she always looks so effortlessly chic this

book is my new bible!

I thought I'd share some extracts from the book with you as I dip in and out of it,

starting with....

Timeless Beauty

(extract from Parisian Chic

A Style Guide by

Ines de la Fressange

with Sophie Gachet.

Published by Flammarion)

"My absolute role model is singer Julio Iglesias.

Asked if he was afraid of getting old, he replied

'But I'm already old...'  The Parisian is more

worried about wrinkles at 20 than she is at 50.

Frivolity is the key to eternal youth!

I pay no attention to wrinkles, I just stand back from the mirror!

I'll try Botox when I see a result I like... To date, it always looks

to me as if something has gone wrong.  The Parisian embraces

the advantages of age: she knows how to pack one suitcase

instead of four.  She lives for the present.

She listens.  She puts things in perspective.  

But ageing doesn't mean letting yourself go.

These are my personal beauty tips."

For lifelong beauty:

* Be well groomed.

* Smell nice.

* Look after your teeth.  

Have them professionallly cleaned every 6-months.

* Smile.

* Be indulgent.

* Be nonchalant and forget your age.

* Be cooler and more easy-going.

* Be less selfish.

* Be passionate about a man, a project, a house.

It's an instant facelift.

* Do only what suits you.

The perfect Zen attitude.

* Accept that there will be bad days.

And make the most of the good days!

Memo

"An hour sleeping or making love

is better than

a Botox injection at the dermatolgist's"

Ines de la Fressange is the epitome of class...exquisite

more extracts next week.

Tiffany & Co: Symbol of Style and Sophistication

Tiffany & Co founded in 1837 in New York City

by Charles Lewis Tiffany is the world's most celebrated jeweller

with a reputation for sophisticated luxury.

The Tiffany store in Old Bond Street, London is fabulous

and in my mind better than the store in New York...

although I did dream I was Audrey Hepburn whilst we browsed...

but then, I don't have to be in Tiffany's in New York to dream I'm Audrey Hepburn...

Anyway, I love Tiffany's...my husband's gave me on our tenth wedding

anniversary the diamond tiffany cross...I wear it every day...

it's beautiful and I adore it.

The timeless Tiffany advertisements are iconic,

here are a few of my favourites...

the watercolour below is by Swedish artist and fashion illustrator

Mats Gustafson...exquisite.

Beautiful Natalie Portman, wearing Tiffany rubellite earrings

with rose cut diamonds...absolutely beautiful.

What girl wouldn't want to receive a little Tiffany Blue Box...

crowned with a white ribbon...

http://www.tiffany.co.uk/

Karl Lagerfeld: Memorable Quotes

Karl Lagerfeld

1970s

"Kaiser Karl" as he is referred to by the fashion press is known for his

famous eccentricity and strong beliefs and opinions.

I thought I'd share with you some of his most quotable moments...

if you'd like to read more of them go to...

http://www.vogue.co.uk/celebrity-photos/090209-karl-lagerfeld-famous-quotes/gallery.aspx?Page=3

All quotes from source: The Observer Magazine

1973 - How he describes his boudoir:

"If you see it you will think about everything except sex,

because it is the unsexiest room ever.

I love unsexy bedrooms."

2001 - On his feelings prior to a fashion show:

"I have no human feelings."

1984 - On his feelings following a fashion show:

"I'm a kind of fashion nymphomaniac who never gets an orgasm"

2001 - On being labelled a squanderer:

"If you throw money out of the window throw it out with joy.

Don't say 'one shouldn't do that' - that is bourgeois."

2007 - On furnishing a home:

"The most important piece in the house is a garbage can."

2008 - On the ongoing fur debate:

"The discussion of fur is childish."

2004 - On weightloss:

"I lost 200lb to wear suits by Heidi Slimane."

1984 - His thoughts on Yves Saint Laurent:

"He is very middle-of-the-road French-very pied-noir,

very provincial."

Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent

1997 - On living on his own:

"I live in a set, with the curtains of the stage closed 

with no audience - but who cares?"

2007 - On his inimitable image:

"I am like a caricature of myself, and I like that.

It is like a mask.  And for me the Carnival of Venice

lasts all year long."

Karl Lagerfeld and Kate Moss

1978 - On his early start:

"When I was four I asked my mother for a valet for my birthday."

2006 - On music and technology:

"The iPod is genius.  I have 300."

2007 - On being childless:

"They grow so fast, and having adult children makes you look 100 years old.

I don't want that."

2009 - His thoughts on the recession:

"Bling is over.  Red carpet covered with rhinestones is out.

I call it the new modesty."

2004 - On his collaboration with H&M:

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

2010 - On his childhood:

"I was very much like a grown-up.  I have photos of me

as a child wearig a tie, and it's the same as I am today.

Karl Lagerfeld and Ines de la Fressange

"

Burberry: The Classic Trench

Emma Watson for Burberry

The classic burberry trench is a favourite of mine and has been for decades!

You can wear it with anything, it is simple, chic and stylish...

you really can go anywhere in a trench...

Burberry is one of the oldest clothing stores in England.

Founded in 1856 when Thomas Burberry, a former draper's apprentice,

opened his store in Basingstoke, Hampshire.

Thomas Burberry

(1856-1899)

In 1914 Burberry was commissioned by the War Office to adapt the

Officer's coat to the conditions of warfare; worn by soldiers fighting in

the trenches the coat was named the

'trench coat'.

It was also worn by soldiers in the UK and America

during the Second World War.

The influence of Hollywood and its stars during the 1950s and 1960s 

made the style hugely popular with the public...

Humphrey Bogart ~ Casablanca

Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard ~ Breakfast at Tiffanys

And today, it is still very much a favourite of the stars today...

Victoria Beckham

Jessica Alba, Gwyneth Paltrow and Camilla Belle

Alexa Chung

Take a look

@

http://artofthetrench.com/

It features a series of trench portraits by fashion and street style photographers...

they are creating a body of images reflecting personal style worldwide...

it's quite brilliant.

Read the history of Burberry

@

http://uk.burberry.com/store/content/experience/heritage/index.jsp

And lastly, lovely Kate... in Burberry's lightweight wool trench coat

with a flared hem...she wears it well...