Quotes About Fashion

I think the moment that I'm very proud of is building a business without using animals. And, hopefully, changing people's perception of how you can do luxury fashion.

How do you stand out as a fashion ad campaign? By using people off the street; it does generate buzz.

My fascination has been the space between cloth and the body, and using a two-dimensional element to clothe a three-dimensional form.

I try to push design boundaries using new draping and fabric manipulation techniques every time I approach a new design.

Every photo shoot, I'm always asking the makeup artist what they're using on me, and I'll go out and get it.

Many a fashion designer's career was founded using packs upon packs of Polaroids, and though we love them, we forget that the image quality was often circumspect.

It was Yves Saint Laurent who realised the high-end design houses could make a lot more money if they sold more accessible clothing than the usual couture, when he opened his pret-a-porter store, Rive Gauche, in 1966.

As for the world of fashion and celebrity, I have the usual interest in the human comedy, but the problems of depiction absorb me more.

It's what I've trained for, from the first sketch to the fabric. Making dresses that are different from the usual style, and a lot of fun to wear.

To be honest, my usual makeup is the same as in my music video looks.

I'm a London girl, so I grew up on Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood... Dior, Chanel, the usual suspects.

I love reading fashion magazines, buying handbags, the usual things - but when you're in the moment and focusing on setting up the car, how you look is so irrelevant.

I told my colorist, 'I think a little redder than usual,' since there were still three weeks before Fashion Week. It turned out super red. But really, it suits me so well!

I definitely tend to go for looks that are slightly more out-there than usual, because I feel like it's a week of celebrating. So I usually choose something that's a bit risky.

I live in Utah.

I have a utilitarian approach to dressing; as long as I quite like it and it covers me up, I don't care what it is.

I absolutely consider fashion a form of art. Of course, there is some fashion that is not art at all - it's utilitarian, made for the purpose of covering up. And there are a lot of people out there who put a lot of effort into looking awful. But there are also people putting the same amount of energy into making bad art.

I prefer clean silhouettes that are almost utilitarian, but I'm not afraid to take risks on the red carpet, either.

From the days of biplanes and silk scarves, the aviator has been the archetype of masculine glamour. Aviators have personified national ideals, from French elan to Soviet party discipline. They've inspired lust and admiration. They've turned sunglasses and short, utilitarian leather jackets into fashion statements.

Nothing shows both polish and utility like the nattily tucked pocket handkerchief or 'pocket square' in the breast pocket of a man's blazer, sport coat, or suit jacket.

When I was a young boy, growing up in Durham, North Carolina, the women in my family were truly passionate about their clothes; nothing was more beautiful to me than women dressing with the utmost, meticulous attention to accessories, shoes, handbags, hats, coats, dresses and gloves to attend Sunday church services.

Attention to detail is of utmost importance when you want to look good.

My mother's favorite photograph was one of herself at twenty-four years old, unbearably beautiful, utterly glamorous, in a black-straw cartwheel hat, dark-red lipstick, and a smart black suit, her notepad on a cocktail table. I know nothing about that woman.

I am utterly, consummately intense, wearing sunflowers and poppies and dahlias in my buttonhole.