Quotes About Fashion

I've found that if you wear a beret, people think you're either a cabdriver or a producer of dirty movies.

I didn't know you could waste a whole day over dressmaking. The next morning I learned that you can waste another day over the same stupid dresses.

Life magazine ran a page featuring me and three other girls that was clearly the precursor of Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues.

On my birthday, I was in Milan for the collections.

History is the key to everything: politics, religion, even fashion.

She drilled a hole in the side of her jewelry box that allowed her to shake out two earrings. She wore them regardless of whether they matched or not.

I saw my potential as artistic director, which is very different from designer. Fashion companies might have $200 million to $300 million in annual sales - Hugo Boss has €2.5 billion. I have to create a world that is believable and also relevant in 7,000 sales points around the world.

I happen to like selling clothes as much as creating them. It isn't relevant unless it sells.

The day I feel my clothes are no longer relevant, I will be happy to step down.

I'm very proud of what I was able to do during the '90s, when baggy pants were in and East/West rap was relevant and all these different things.

I was lucky because I only had a half-corset, so it wasn't bad. You do get used to them, but I was very relieved to take it off at the end of the day.

To me, accessorizing is the most fun part of an outfit. While I don't think you can't rely on accessories to make a dress that isn't working work, I do love jewelry and handbags more than anything.

But I'm blessed to work with great people. I collaborate with brilliant stylists both here and in Paris. I work with a great design team. I really allow everyone to bring their ideas. I almost rely on them to inspire me.

It's so important your customer can rely on you for your classics.

I love the way people dress at the races. I love people dressed to the nines during the day. That formal kind of daywear doesn't really exist anymore except at the races. Also I love the tuffs and the working classes being so hand in glove and relying on each other to make the thing happen.

Although I have lived in Manhattan since 1992, for the better part of two decades I have remained in blissful oblivion of all matters sportif.

Fashion remains closest to my heart. I get genuinely excited by my collections - I never wanted to be a businessman.

I love men's coats, especially because they're so large and they give plenty of room; the man's coat remains one of my favorite classics.

I would buy Barbies and take them apart and then remake their looks. I used them for hairstyling. It was a whole process. I had a lot of dolls - like 150.

It's amazing to think that every item of clothing we wear began as an idea in somebodies head. Whether it's a designer dress or a cheap remake, someone somewhere had an idea and brought it to life.

For as long as I can remember, I've just loved Chanel.

Always I remember when I am young, I ask my mother, 'I really want to be a dress designer.' In that time, was quite difficult because, you know, my family always criticize me for it not to be a man's job.

I remember when I wore UFO raver jeans in the 90s. Or my JNCOs! I miss my JNCOs.

Don't overpluck your eyebrows. A make-up artist told me this once, and I've always remembered it.