Quotes About Fashion

My mother always told me to take pride in my appearance.

Foot-binding, which started out as a fashionable impulse, became an expression of Han identity after the Mongols invaded China in 1279. The fact that it was only performed by Chinese women turned the practice into a kind of shorthand for ethnic pride.

Despite what people think of cowboys, they take pride in how they look, and that look is important to them.

When you live in Paris, and fashion is such a point of pride for the French, it's always around and you're very much exposed to it from an early age. It was always something I knew about and really liked.

I spent my childhood clad in 1970s hand-me-downs, primarily from male cousins, which mainly consisted of a selection of beige, brown and orange dungarees. That, combined with a perfectly round pudding-bowl haircut, made me look, on a good day, like a cross between Ann Widdecombe, one of the Flower Pot Men, and a monk.

When my three co-founders and I started Warby Parker in 2010, our primary intention was to sell good-looking, affordable eyewear online.

I don't care if the critics don't like me. I want to be the people's designer, like Diana was the people's princess.

Indian women love to dress up like princesses. In India, people still go to the market to buy fabrics, garments are made-to-order, and friends come with you to the fittings.

When Princess Diana got married, I was a very little kid, I think. I remember her dress, and I found the dress amazing when I was a kid.

I always finish off my look with a spritz of Vera Wang Pink Princess.

I think Princess Diana probably had the most famous haircut, or Farrah Fawcett or Jennifer Aniston.

I have this overriding principle that streetwear could end up like disco: that it will be perceived well at the time but doesn't age well at all.

The principle of the design - the harmony, rhythm and balance are all the same with interior and fashion design.

I have certain signatures, certain cutting principles. It could be a raw-edged seam; it could be leaving the lining of sheepskin exposed so it's not perfectly finished. I invent new ways to do it, but the end goal is always the same.

Jordans? No. I thought mohawks, leather jackets, studs, piercings, colored hair, leopard print, platforms, all the bondage wear, I thought that was the coolest thing.

If you take away print and embroidery, you have to challenge yourself a bit more on the cut.

When I was designing my clothing line, I would find a print that I love and then decide what to make with it.

My men's-underwear print ads are very popular!

Print is at the very, very top in the fashion business - of course it is.

I got my first leopard print coat when I was 15. I nearly got beat up, but I was happy with it.

When I say I don't do fur or leather, in my world it's a massive shock, but when it comes into the sporting arena, it goes without saying. It also influences what I do on the runway: I get really excited when I discover an environmentally-friendly print process that doesn't use water, and I'll try and mimic that in my ready-to-wear.

That's my style - to mix a lot of print and pattern and put it all together.

I'm obsessed with any kind of floral print.

I'm known for color and prints and embroideries.