The 25 Best Fashion Quotes

Words of wisdom. Or just for your next cocktail party.

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The fashion world can be a confusing and reckless place, so sometimes it helps to turn to those who have fought all these battles before. The people included in this list are all eloquent enough to have produced amazing soundbites that offer words of enlightenment, point out the subtleties of style, or celebrate what we all love.

Click through to read Oscar Wilde laying down the dandy law, Sid Vicious making one final request, and learn what Coco Chanel and A$AP Rocky have in common. Whether you need some inspiration or just knowledge to drop at the next cocktail party you go to, here are The 25 Best Fashion Quotes.

Sailor Ripley in Wild at Heart

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Homer Simpson

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Honoré de Balzac

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Fred Astaire

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William Battie

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Mark Twain

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Charles Bukowski

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Beau Brummel

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Seth in Superbad

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Batman and Lucuis Fox in The Dark Knight

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Ralph Lauren

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Oscar Wilde

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Marc Jacobs

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Leo Tolstoy

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Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Tiger Woods

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Karl Lagerfeld

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Yves Saint-Laurent

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Yohji Yamamoto

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Pete Wentz

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Oscar Wilde

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Orson Welles

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Coco Chanel

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Sid Vicious

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