A round-up of what the world's fashionistas have been saying..
"There might be less of it, but money can still be beautiful."
– Karl Lagerfeld at the Monnaie de Paris after minting the first coin he's designed, with Coco Chanel's face on it
"Like Oscar Wilde, I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best."
– John Galliano

"I didn't want to do it in the first place, I wanted to read books, but I knew I was good at it."
– Vivienne Westwood on designing clothes

"Nowadays you start to model because you're young. Now the girls are sixteen, seventeen, fifteen, and Russian. They are like from another planet. I hate all these tall women. They are all giants!"
– Karl Lagerfeld talking about models with the Olsen twins

The Cut: There have been some rumours, and we were wondering if you had plans for retirement.
Anna Wintour: I'm so sorry, I think that's an extremely rude question. Leave me alone.
The Cut: May we ask what you would do if you did retire?
Anna Wintour: No. Just go away.
The Cut: Okay, thank you, enjoy your dinner.
– Anna Wintour, American Vogue editor talking to The Cut, a fashion blog at the National Book Awards

"I know that a lot of people look at me and think, 'Why doesn't she do something to that face?' But I made a decision. I do yoga and I hike, but I won't do Botox … I know if I start doing things I will get insecure."
– Diane Von Furstenberg on plastic surgery

"I hope to have the eye to do it in such a way that I still look my age but maybe not have my neck swinging around when I go jogging."

– Tom Ford on plastic surgery

"Nobody thinks they are going to look exactly like the model on the runway, nobody wants people to think that, but [fashion] is here to make people to want to have something."

-- Donatella Versace