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Fashion Quote of the Moment from our resident fashion expert, Sharon Haver

Sharon's fashion tips run throughout FocusOnStyle.com to provide you with an instant boost to look your best... think of them as your ah hum moment to look as great as you can....

Of course, there's a fashion tip in every article on the site!

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1 - There are no cookie-cutter rules to style.

2 - Feeling great about how you look is genius!

3 - Anyone can be a watercooler fashionista, but not everyone can have style!

4 - You can’t find style when your mind is closed.

5 - Taste doesn’t cost a thing!

6 - Comfort can be found in a pair of 3” heels.

7 - Don’t condemn a style just because it doesn’t work on your figure- adapt!

8 - A well-fitting black turtleneck should be a staple in every wardrobe.

9 - If you haven’t modified your hairstyle in 5 years—you’re overdue!

10 - Not giving a flying fig about your personal appearance means you look pretty lousy.

11 - Style should always appear effortless, no matter what it takes.

12 - Lasting impressions are formed upon initial impact— make it your best.

13 - Everyone has a bad fashion day, it’s a life time of bland fashion that is worrisome.

14 - You don’t need a lot of fashion to have style, just a few well-cut pieces.

15 - Well-fitting neutrals are the chicest core wardrobe.

16 - Style is based on the person, the body, the mood, and the desire to experiment.

17 - No one should ‘tell” you how to dress, but they can guide you.

18 - Dark colors are more slimming, but nothing beats a good fit.

19 - Sheep or Chic? Follow your personal style not the It Girl of the moment.

20 - No one should be without a good tweezer and a bottle of hair conditioner.

21 - You are your best product—package yourself to soar!

22 - Be passionate about you!

23 - Think about your day ahead and dress to make the most of it.

24 - Take two extra minutes to look good, take five minutes to look great… 20 will rock their world!

25 - If you one to put on five pounds, wear pleated pants.

26 - Add color as a wardrobe accent but not as wardrobe maker.

27 - No man is above having style.

28 - Leave the pleated khakis to the cubicle-huggers.

29 - What you wear is a form of self-expression; make sure you are expressing the right image at the right time.

30 - Better to try a new style and fail rather than to be stuck in a fashion rut.

31 - Never skimp on shoes or a bag, people form impressions about their quality.

32 - The right clothes will make you feel self-confident, the wrong clothes will chip away at your self-esteem.

33 - Squishy flesh hanging over your belt is simply not a good look—untuck that shirt and appear five pounds slimmer!

34 - Blindly following trends is a fashion disaster in the making.

35 - Shoes need to both look good and be comfortable-- one cannot have the other.

36 - As we mature, upgrade cute to cool, but do not give up on modern.  Read more age-appropriate fashion

37 - Before rushing to get under the knife or needle, first try to learn to accept the skin you are in. Read more beauty makeover.

38 - Forget about the year you were born and dress for the physical shape you are in today! Read more about personalizing trends

39 - Follow the natural curve of your body- flatter the spots that are not so perfect and accentuate your more positive attributes. Read about avoiding Mom Jeans

40 - Gorgeous clothes will not turn you into a beauty… you must believe you’re beautiful- inside and out- to truly be a knock-out. Read more about inner beauty

41 - “I did not have three thousand pairs of shoes. I had one thousand and sixty.” --Imelda Marcos

42 - “The dress must follow the body of a woman, not the body following the shape of the dress.” --Hubert de Givenchy

43 - “About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.” --Manolo Blahnik

44 - "We all need a splash of bad taste - no taste is what I'm against." -- Diana Vreeland

45 - “It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.” -- Mick Jagger

46 - “The difference between style and fashion is quality. “ --Giorgio Armani

47 - ”Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.” --Quentin Crisp

48 - “I don't do fashion, I am fashion.” Coco Chanel

49 - “When in doubt, wear red.” --Bill Blass

50 - “I like fashion to go down to the street, but I can't accept that it should originate there.” --Coco Chanel

51 - “In difficult times fashion is always outrageous.” --Elsa Schiaparelli

52 - “A woman's dress should be like a barbed- wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.” --Sophia Loren

53 - “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. --Mark Twain

54 - "Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy." --Anne Frank

55 - "... All this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. What do you want, an adorable pancreas?" --Jean Kerr

56 - "Like anyone else, there are days I feel beautiful and days I don't, and when I don't, I do something about it." --Cheryl Tiegs

57 - "She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon." --Groucho Marx

58 - "Appearances often are deceiving." --Aesop

59 - "What do nudists wear on casual Fridays?"  --A.J. Esther

60 - "It's always the badly dressed people who are the most interesting."  --Jean Paul Gaultier

61 - "I don't know who invented the high heel, but all men owe him a lot."  --Marilyn Monroe

62 - "Fashion is architecture:  it is a matter of proportions." --CoCo Chanel

63 - "It takes a REALLY big man to fill my shoes" --Madonna

64 - “I've never seen say "Oh, my God, I'm so embarrassed; get me out of here. There's another man wearing a black tuxedo."--Rita Rudner

65 - “They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” --Andy Warhol

66 - "Jeans represent democracy in fashion." --Giorgio Armani

67 - "You don't learn style from watching people on a runway. Fashion happens every morning when you wake up." --Shalom Harlow

68 - "Cruelty is one fashion statement we can all do without." --Rue McClanahan

69 - "I don't like balance. Balance is not a word you can use in Versace fashion." --Donatella Versace

70 - "A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous." —Coco Chanel

71 - "It’s all a game, with new rules every season." --Stefano Gabbana

72 - "Clothes are a good ad for living another life." --Stefano Gabbana

73 - "Happy, happy fashion - there is not much more to it than that." --Marc Jacobs

74 - "Who can live without some black clothes?" --Karl Lagerfeld

75 - "It’s all about wanting to go forward but still having to deal with nostalgia." --Miuccia Prada

76 - "If people turn to look at you on the street, you are not well dressed." --Beau Brummel

77 - "Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!" --Donna Karan

78 - "The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural." --Calvin Klein

79 - "Follow sound business trends, not fashion trends." --Janice Dickinson

80 - "Never looked like you tried too hard - or rather don't try too hard!" --Kate Moss

81 - "Mismatching can add a much more personal touch to an outfit." --Kate Moss