Quotes About Style

I know I do swag rap also, but I also take it seriously. It's like 50-50.

It's difficult to wear such high Louboutins and also freestyle rap.

When I was 13 years old, I was dressing in a rap style. And then I changed schools, and the rap style became old-fashioned, so I changed it completely.

I'm more of a fashion designer than I am a rapper.

I'm the first rapper ever popping his collar.

I was a little nervous that people wouldn't take to 'Under Pressure,' because my style and what I embodied had previously been the braggadocious '90s fun rapper type. Before this album, I didn't rap about my life much.

I'm a producer and not a rapper. So I can make any style of music I want. I can make an EDM beat. I can put an EDM track out one day and I can put a grungy hip-hop track out the next day, like, it doesn't matter.

Gucci was my favorite rapper, is my favorite rapper, was always.

I think what sets a New York rapper apart from other rappers from other places is just being from New York.

All the rappers my age are getting Audemars and Rolexes. I want to find my own thing. That's why I travel the world - for me, that's my B-side, why we go places. I have a Hublot on from time to time but I want a home base watch - something that's elegant but has got a little pizzazz to it.

Whatever rappers wear is cool to people.

I actually love the 'rappers look,' with the saggy pants and oversized clothes. It's very deliberate.

My clothes have always got a very strong dynamic rapport with the body - they are very body conscious, they help you to look glamorous, more hourglass, more woman.

The joy of style lies not in how we look to other people, but in how we look to ourselves - and the most memorable and beautiful outfits are simply those that, in some rare moment of joy, we found the courage to share with the world.

Everybody knows I wear a lot of black. When I pack, my whole bag is nothing but black, but sometimes, I have, like, a few pieces that are white, but it's rare.

I love color, so it's rare to see me without at least a pop of a hot pink or bold red, even if it's just a lip color pop!

It's really rare that you find a designer who's willing to dress people who maybe present more masculine in their womenswear.

I very rarely watch my own fashion shows, but the makeup for my Fall 2011 show was just brilliant.

I rarely use product in my hair, and when I do I have no idea which ones, nor does it matter all that much to me. And I can't remember the last time I even used a comb, much less carried one around.

I've rarely played glamorous roles. I don't mind looking plain on camera.

I rarely draw myself, in general, and if I do, I tend to do little cute manga-esque, almost bite-sized drawings of myself.

If I have on a bright red lip, you'll rarely ever catch me with eyeshadow on. It's one or the other for me - pick one feature for the day and really focus on that.

I shampoo and condition with Kerastase products but rarely brush it because I'm all about the Kate Moss bed-head look.

Parisiennes rarely walk around wearing the giant diamonds that are de rigueur in certain New York neighborhoods.