“I was surrounded by talented people. I always remember Mrs. Carmel Snow, saying to me, "You know, Polly, if one person thinks they're a big star, then we're all stars. You just go out there and always do your best. And always have time to see any designer - no matter how big or how small, have time to see them. You don't have to just see the big shots. You never know what's coming around the corner and the talent that is going to be important. That is your job."” PeopleThinkingImportantRememberTalentSnowDesigner Author:Polly Allen Mellen
“I think the reason for vulgarity is because of the freedom that there is now to do certain things, and a lack of sophistication on the part of some people who, in their work, like to give the impression of, "Has there been intercourse or not? Are they about to?" But they take it into a realm that has a vulgar touch to it.” PeopleThinkingGivingReasonImpressionVulgarSophisticationVulgarity Author:Polly Allen Mellen
“I think there a lot of great photographers working right now in the 2010. At the same time I do occasionally feel a great disappointment in some of the things that I see from certain people. But it is today.” PeopleThinkingTodayPhotographerDisappointment Author:Polly Allen Mellen
“There are some very creative people out there who are like Steven Meisel, and that is why their work is so extraordinary.” PeopleCreativeExtraordinaryCreative People Author:Polly Allen Mellen
“I will never get tired of looking at works by Pablo Picasso. I will never get tired of looking at work by Francis Bacon or Henry Moore or Francisco Goya. You cannot tire of the work these people have made because you can look it over and over again - the same thing - and always see something different.” PeopleDifferentTiredTire Author:Polly Allen Mellen
“I think that some people have wonderful spots. I think that Karl Lagerfeld has a wonderful spot designing for Chanel. They really just let him go. I think John Galliano is a huge talent. Marc Jacobs is also a huge talent - and a very interesting one to me.” PeopleThinkingInterestingWonderfulTalentDesignVery InterestingLet Him Go Author:Polly Allen Mellen
“I wear all my T-shirts from Helmut Lang with the holes in the elbows, which people always speak of. When my husband gets a hole in his sweater, at his elbow, he says, "It's very Helmut Lang!"” PeopleSpeakHusbandMy Husband Author:Polly Allen Mellen
“There are certain people who hang onto nostalgia and I wish they wouldn't. I wish the young beautiful actresses and other people - I wish they would not hark back to clothes that look more like they've dressed in their mother's clothes.” PeopleBeautifulWishNostalgia Author:Polly Allen Mellen
“I like people with guts. I want to feel in the clothes what the designer is really feeling when they're alone with themselves and their fabrics and they're drawings, and what happens when they let the creativity that they have been blessed with come forward. That's why they are who they are.” PeopleFeelingsCreativityBlessedDesignerGuts Author:Polly Allen Mellen
“How many times have people said to me, "I think those pants are incredible, but I could never wear them." Well, why not? What's so different about these pants? I wear very classic things, but maybe with a little change here or there.” PeopleThinkingDifferentIncrediblesClassic Author:Polly Allen Mellen
“I think that there are people who go to the best stores, and they have money, so money is no object, but they can't find a pretty dress - and I think that's their problem because the dresses are out there somewhere. So I think the answers to these questions lie somewhere in there.” PeopleThinkingProblemLying Author:Polly Allen Mellen
