Quotes About Style

Style is a big part of my life. I used to work in retail before I was an artist; a lot of people didn't know that. I was so good at selling clothes and shoes, and just the lifestyle, that I could tell what size someone was wearing just by looking at them.

When I met T-Boz and Left Eye, they were buying jeans that were a size 38. Three little cute girls dressed like boys was cool back then. Our style was cartoonish but fly at the same time.

I'm not into street clothes. Don't understand it. I don't understand those over-exaggerated jean sizes so they hang off your back... I just don't understand it.

I still feel like we're a skate brand - it doesn't mean we can't present our stuff well. It doesn't mean that when you come in, everything has to be messy.

We just want to make really great-looking clothes that are well-made, fit well... that you can skate in.

Working with the brand has taught me to keep it classy but also shake things up. I love that about Chanel because I get to be pretty, but I also get to ride my skateboard in Chanel.

So much of my life and my style and sensibility are influenced by skateboarding. It's counter-culture and skateboarding is my introduction to counter-culture.

I generally like white skates.

I want to do with skates what Fred Astaire is doing with dancing.

I definitely was in the sequined, bedazzled era. We would put blue eye shadow up our eyebrows and glitter all over our faces. I probably put more effort into my skating outfits than my clothes.

Skating and style just goes hand in hand, I think.

I love skating in shorts, it's really comfortable.

All the drawings and sketches and clothes of Yves Saint Laurent in the '70s were so colorful, so bright.

I would love to have my own fashion line because I love sketching.

A lot of fashion might seem boring, but it is actually quite fun: the inside, the outside, the silhouette... All the different finishes. That's a skill.

If someone's got good, clean skin, with not too much make-up on, and good, clean hair that's bouncy, and the nails are clean and not overly done, then you can put anything on her and she's going to look good.

Being able to choose the skin I live in was the draw of fashion.

I think so much of what we learn when we get older is being comfortable in our own skin and learning what looks good, and not being so trend-centric.

I'm a good skin, natural makeup kind of gal.

I just be comfortable in my own skin; I might wear anything.

To keep your skin looking healthy and young, wear a hat.

I just think fashion is about enjoying yourself and being comfortable in your skin and allowing you to be you - all the way live.

Every collection under my signature label always has a skin color capsule where we experiment with different shades of nude and self-embroidery - always a best seller.

Me, as a designer who is not exactly skinny, all I want is comfortable clothes.