“This is the hardest thing I've ever done, being in fashion business, because that's what it is at the end of the day, a business, and you have to make sure it works.” EndsDoneFashionHardestThe End Of The DayHardest ThingFashion Business Author:Jason Wu
“In the '80s, I was the only one who didn't watch the shows about teenagers. I had to go over to friends' houses to see them. I still don't have a TV!” StillsShowsHouseWatchesTvsTeenager80s Author:Clemence Poesy
“I think it's really important to make things your own in your voice. I started when I was 23, and in the beginning of my career, there was this expectation of a young designer being edgier, cooler, more downtown. But I was never that person.” ThinkingPersonsImportantYoungVoiceCareersExpectationsDesignerDowntown Author:Jason Wu
“The polishedness and the sophistication were what I was interested in. I mean, give me a polka dot, a floral print, a pleated dress, a big fur coat, that was always my language, and it wasn't very "in" when I was starting out, so I had a difficult time in the beginning.” GivingMeanBigsLanguageDifficultGive MeDressesStartingPrintCoatsDifficult TimesFurDotsSophisticationStarting OutFur CoatsPolkaPolka Dots Author:Jason Wu
“What I was interested in wasn't popular and young, but I never really deviated from doing it. I just decided that I was going to go full force into exactly what I wanted. I think there's a certain comfort that comes with age and experience, and when I got that, I think my work got better.” ThinkingAgeWantedYoungCertainForceComfortDecidedAge And Experience Author:Jason Wu
“The worst thing is to be a designer and create work that isn't honest. You have to be honest. Otherwise, you'll always be a reaction to what other people do and you'll always be one step behind.” PeopleBehindsStepsWorstHonestReactionsBeing HonestDesignerWorst Things Author:Jason Wu
“As a designer you have to just do whatever you want to do. The second I came to terms with that, it transformed my work.” WantTermDesignerTransformedDo Whatever You Want Author:Jason Wu
“The idea of transformation is super-important to me. You can see it in the way I approach things. I have never been a clean-faced, freshly scrubbed hair person. I'm the New York designer who doesn't do that. I think about the hair and makeup almost as much as I think about the clothes because it all has to work.” ThinkingWayPersonsImportantIdeasNew YorkHairApproachClothesTransformationCleanDesignerMakeupHair And Makeup Author:Jason Wu
“I love the idea of working with women because I always feel like a man designing womenswear needs women around him to really have a sense of what they're doing.” MenNeedsFeelsIdeasDesign Author:Jason Wu
“Anyone who knows me knows that I don't know anything about politics. Every time I go to Washington, I feel like I'm in Legally Blonde.” KnowsFeelsKnow MeBlonde Author:Jason Wu