We chose our favorite Cookie Lyon fashion moments from each episode of Empire and attached fashion quotes from famous designers that captured each moment!
Cookie: From Empire quotes to Lyon Dynasty power moves, she is always doing the damn thing with her unique style and grace.
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Season 1
1. ‘Pilot’
“It’s a new era in fashion there are no rules. It’s all about the individual and personal style.” -Alexander McQueen
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2. ‘The Outspoken King’
“Keep your heels, head and standards high.” -Coco Chanel
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4. ‘False Imposition’
“When in doubt, wear red.” -Bill Blass
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5. ‘Dangerous Bonds’
“I want people to be afraid of the women I dress.” -Alexander McQueen
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6. ‘Out, Damed Spot’
“If girls dressed for boys, they’d just walk around naked at all times.” -Betsey Johnson
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7. ‘Our Dancing Days’
“Fashion is about something that comes from within you.” -Ralph Lauren
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8. ‘The Lyon’s Roar’
“Clothes aren’t going to change the world. The women who wear them will.” -Anne Klein
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9. ‘Unto the Breach’
“Simplicity is the key not of all true elegance.” -Coco Chanel
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10. ‘Sins of the Father’
“A woman’s dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.” -Sophia Loren
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11. ‘Die But Once’
“Fashion is instant language.” -Miuccia Prada
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12. ‘Who I Am’
“You either know fashion or you don’t.” -Anna Wintour
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Cookie Lyon’s Empire Cookie Lyon’s fashion throughout the show’s first season showed off her unforgettable style. While she may have calmed it down for the second season of Empire, we still love Cookie’s amazing, one-of-a-kind fashion sense.
Season 2
1. ‘The Devils Are Here‘
“Fashion is about suspense, surprise and fantasy. It’s not about rules.” -Wolfgang Joop
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2. ‘Without a Country‘
“Fall seven times, stand up eight!” -Tina Lobondi
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3. ‘Fires of Heaven’
“There is never a wrong time for a polka dot.” -Mac Jacobs
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4. ‘Poor Yorick’
“You can have anything you want in life as long as you dress for it.” -Edith Head
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5. ‘Be True’
“I think perfection is ugly. Somewhere in the things human make, I want to see scars, failure, disorder, distortion.” -Yohji Yamamoto
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6. ‘A High Hope For a Low Heaven’
“Fashion is life and just like life, you must always express your feelings freely.” -Adama Amanda Nidaye
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7. ‘True Love Never’
“Clothes mean nothing until someone lives in them.” -Marc Jacobs
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8. ‘My Bad Parts’
“Fashions fade, style is eternal.” -Yves Saint Laurent
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9. ‘Sinned Against’
“Always dress like you’re going to see your worst enemy.” -Kimora Lee
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10. ‘Et Tu, Brute?’
“Fashion is the art and you are the canvas.” -Velvet Paper
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11. ‘Death Will Have His Day’
“Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak.” -Rachel Zoe
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12. ‘A Rose by Any Other Name’
“Fashion can be bought. Style one must possess.” -Edna Woolman
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13. ‘The Tameness of a Wolf’
“I don’t do fashion. I am fashion.” -Coco Chanel
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14. ‘Time Shall Unfold’
“People will stare. Make it worth their while.” -Harry Winston
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15. ‘More Than Kin’
“Fashion is what you’re offered four times a year by designers. And style is what you choose.” -Lauren Hutton
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16. ‘The Lyon Who Cried Wolf’
“Every day is a fashion show and the world is the runway.” -Coco Chanel
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17. ‘Rise By Sin’
“I like my money right where I can see it: hanging in my closet.” -Carrie Bradshaw
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18. ‘Past Is Prologue’
“Trendy is the last stage before tacky.” -Karl Lagerfeld
Past Is Prologue, Cookie Lyon
Season 3
1. ‘Light In Darkness’
“She doesn’t wear fur because she is cold, she wears fur because she is glamorous.” -Ken Downing
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2. ‘Sin That Amends’
“You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.” -Edith Head
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3. ‘What Remains Is Bestial’
“Fashion is the armor to survive the reality of everyday life.” -Bill Cunningham
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4. ‘Cupid Kills’
“There is a shade of red for every woman.” -Audrey Hepburn
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5. ‘One Before Another’
“If I think about it too much, I can’t get dressed.” -Daphne Guinness
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6. ‘Chimes At Midnight’
“I design for the woman who loves being a woman.” -Diane von Furstenburg
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7. ‘What We May Be’
“If you wear things you adore, you just look better.” -Margherita Missoni
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8. ‘The Unkindest Cut’
“Fashion wasn’t what you wore someplace anymore; it was the whole reason for going.” -Andy Warhol
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9. ‘A Furnace For Your Foe’
“Dressing well is a form of good manners.” -Tom Ford
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10. ‘Sound And Fury’
“Crying is for plain women. Pretty women go shopping.” -Oscar Wilde
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11. ‘Play On’
“I’ve always thought of accessories as the exclamation point of a woman’s outfit.” -Michael Kors
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12. ‘Strange Bedfellows’
“Hats are about emotion.” -Philip Treacy
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13. ‘My Naked Villainy’
“All my life I’ve pursued the perfect red.” -Diana Vreeland
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14. ‘Love Is A Smoke’
“Jewelry is like the perfect spice, it always compliments what’s already there.” -Diane Vone Furstenberg
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15. ‘Civil Hands Unclean’
“I have always believed that fashion was not only to make women more beautiful, but also to reassure them, give them more confidence.” -Yves Saint Laurent
Civil Hands Unclean, Cookie Lyon
16. ‘Absent Child’
“Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.” -Vivienne Westwood
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17. ‘Toil and Trouble’ Pt. 1
“Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.” -Sir Francis Bacon
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18. ‘Toil and Trouble’ Pt. 2
“Pure, intense emotions. It’s not about design. It’s about feelings.” -Alber Elbaz
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Season 4
1. ‘Noble Memory’
“We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.” -Yves Saint Laurent
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2. ‘Full Circle’
“I think there is beauty in everything. What ‘normal’ people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it.” -Alexander McQueen
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3. ‘Evil Manners
4. ‘Bleeding War’
5. ‘The Fool’
Cookie Lyon’s Empire fashion is far from done and we will continue to update this post!
Cookie: From Empire quotes we can’t stop repeating to the perfect gif-friendly way she rolls those eyes episode-after-episode…Keep it up girl! We won’t stop watching and taking notes!
