GREATEST FASHION QUOTES TO LIVE BY

Can you ever articulate the power of style and fashion through words?

These icons managed to do so with quote-worthy and inspiring words of wisdom to live by.

From the greatest fashion designers to legendary models and stylists, these quotes inspire us and has us perceive style in new light.

"What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language." —Miuccia Prada

"Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life." —Bill Cunningham

"Fashions fade, style is eternal." —Yves Saint Laurent

"Elegance is elimination." —Cristóbal Balenciaga

"Style is the only thing you can’t buy. It’s not in a shopping bag, a label, or a price tag. It’s something reflected from our soul to the outside world—an emotion.”—Alber Elbaz

"Elegance is not standing out, but being remembered." —Giorgio Armani

"Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse." —Francis Bacon

"Style is knowing what suits you, who you are, and what your assets are. It's excepting it all." – Bianca Jagger