Explaining her single status to the Press in 1957 when she was 36:
“For the moment, I like to buy my mink and diamonds myself.”
The reason for her withdrawal from the fashion industry after being one of its biggest stars:
“There comes a time in everyone’s life as a designer when you have to decide whether you want to create the beautiful or the merely fashionable. Sadly, there can be a conflict between the two,”
I like this:
“No woman can be truly elegant until she is over forty,”
And, as if to prove the point, Gillian Anderson in 2012, over forty and wearing a vintage Connolly creation in the linen that made her fame.
This and That 
This post almost made me want to get my own mink coat, but luckily it’s already worn off.
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