elegance
4 pages under this term. All tags.
Chic
Concept · dress
Chic, in Dariaux's account, is the innate quality that elegance is not. It is intellectual, intuitive, partially unteachable. It has nothing to do with beauty: Marlene Dietrich had it; Elizabeth Taylor did not. It cannot be acquired through effort; it can only be diminished by it.
Chic and Elegance
Principle · dress
One baby in its crib may have chic, while another doesn't. Elegance, by contrast, can be acquired by any woman of intelligence, discipline, and self-knowledge.
Geneviève Antoine Dariaux
Author · dress
The directrice of Nina Ricci whose Guide to Elegance gives the wiki its six principles of dress.
Princess Diana
Figure · dress
Chic and elegance combined — the rare case.