The Duchess of Windsor auction at Sotheby's

"You can never be too rich or too thin"
Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor(1896-1986)
That has to be one of my favourite quotes.  It amuses me although I don't agree - you can be too thin and I have very little regard for money.  It should say "... and you can never have too much bling!"  I really can't refer to any of this as bling as it contains some of the most glorious items in the world.

Seven quotes for a Thursday afternoon - Part forty seven

Photography by Horst P. Horst
"It is the unseen, unfortgettable, ultimate accessory of fashion that heralds your arrival and prolongs your departure"
Coco Chanel(1883-1971)



"It is fancy rather than taste which produces so many new fashions"
Voltaire(1694-1778)


Photography by Patrick Demarchelier
"I love fashion, but I'm not obsessed with it"
Christy Turlington(b. 1969)


"You don't learn