I have a great body, I really do. But I want to be taken seriously as an artist, and wearing anything that shows it off will be a distraction from the music. That's how my signature uniform, my tuxedo, came about. It's classic and timeless. You'll see me in black, white, and a pop of color on my lips. That pop adds a little magic. Janelle Monae
Miami is just really fun whenever I go there. It's like this post-apocalyptic Barbie world: everything is pink, and there're palm trees everywhere. But then there are also all these people in crazy sunglasses, warehouses with sick parties where all the girls are covered in spikes and black leather. It's a very weird place. Grimes
“There’s something about black. You feel hidden away in it.” — Georgia O’Keeffe
“Black is not sad. Bright colours are what depress me. They’re so... empty. Black is poetic. How do you imagine a poet? In a bright yellow jacket? Probably not.” — Ann Demeulemeester
I'm a real believer in dressing tone-on-tone. I'm not saying you need to dress black. Dress just one color so the colors are not breaking your silhouette. Nina Garcia
“I’ll stop wearing black when they invent a darker colour.” — Wednesday Addams
“Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.”
― Coco Chanel , Chanel
“Black is modest and arrogant at the same time. Black is lazy and easy — but mysterious. But above all black says this: I don’t bother you — don’t bother me.” — Yohji Yamamoto
“I’ve been 40 years discovering that the queen of all colours was black.” — Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“I love black because it affirms, designs and styles. A woman in a black dress is a pencil stroke.” — Yves Saint Laurent
“You can wear black at any time. You can wear it at any age. You may wear it for almost any occasion.” — Christian Dior
“I wore black because I liked it. I still do, and wearing it still means something to me. It's still my symbol of rebellion -- against a stagnant status quo, against our hypocritical houses of God, against people whose minds are closed to others' ideas.”
― Johnny Cash
“I think in black.” — Gareth Pugh
“Women who wear black live colourful lives.” — Neiman Marcus
"Women who wear black lead colorful lives." —Neiman Marcus
“I work in three shades of black.” — Rei Kawakubo
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