“The fashion industry tends to attract people with serious personality defects. They just want to be rich and famous. But at some point you have to decide: Are you going to mindlessly go the easy way or are you going to go the ethical way?” PeopleWayWantEasyRichFashionSeriousPersonalityIndustryEthicalDefectsEasy WayFashion Industry Author:Katharine Hamnett
“I’m so thrilled to manufacture in LA and to support the finely skilled craftsmen and women. Making it in America ensures that the fashion industry will continue to thrive in this country for years to come.” YearsCountryAmericaSupportFashionIndustryMen And WomenThriveFashion IndustryCraftsman Author:Nanette Lepore
“I think the fashion industry was slightly put off by people they didn't know. They were presented with things like 20-gatefold color brochures.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFashionColorIndustryFashion IndustryBrochures Author:Natalie Massenet
“You have nothing to sell except for the image: The image is everything.” SellsFashion Industry Author:Elle Macpherson
“Because what the fashion industry loves, it woos - then swallows whole.” WholeFashionIndustryFashion Industry Author:Robin Givhan
“I think people try to make the most of their time on earth and also to fix their time on earth. They try to fix external verities, things that are true for all time, ideas that are true for all time: Rome will last forever! America will last forever! Beauty, as defined by the fashion industry, is one of those things—this is beautiful. This will always be beautiful—and hold it in a way that has some sense of permanence about it, and absoluteness. And yet it’s not.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingIdeasEarthLastsAmericaBeautifulForeverFashionIndustryAll TimeDefinedRomePermanenceFashion IndustryTime On Earth Author:Mary Gaitskill
“I think what's so interesting for people is that I don't take it so seriously and yet I am still immersed in the [fashion] industry.” PeopleThinkingStillsInterestingFashionIndustryFashion Industry Author:Leandra Medine
“I think fashion is repulsive. The whole idea that someone else can make clothing that is supposed to be in style and make other people look good is ridiculous. It sickens me to think that there is an industry that plays to the low self-esteem of the general public. I would like the fashion industry to collapse.” PeopleThinkingLooksIdeasSelfPlayWholeFashionStyleSelf EsteemIndustryLowsRidiculousEsteemSupposed To BeClothingsCollapseLow Self EsteemFashion IndustryGeneral Public Author:Steve Albini
“If people decide thin is out, the fashion industry won't have thin models anymore. Have you spent time with fashion people? They are ruthless. They want money. And the one thing they know is people want clothes to cover their bodies. Unfortunately, most people aren't comfortable with their bodies.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantBodyOne ThingFashionIndustryComfortableClothesModelsRuthlessFashion Industry Author:Kelly Cutrone
“Society has a hyper emphasis on thin, and that trend comes from the consumers - it does not come from the fashion industry. The fashion industry needs to make money; that's what we do. If people said, 'We want a 300 pound purple person,' the first industry to do it would be fashion.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsFirstsPersonsDoeSaidWould BeFashionIndustryMaking MoneyConsumersPoundsTrendsEmphasisPurpleHyperFashion Industry Author:Kelly Cutrone
“There are a bunch of different ways to look at the fashion industry. Is it shallow to work in fashion? Yes, it can be. But does fashion transform a woman who might feel like nothing and unimportant to glamorous and gorgeous? Yes, it does. Does it employ a huge sector of America? Yes, it does.” WayFeelsLooksDoeDifferentMightAmericaFashionHugeIndustryBunchDifferent WaysShallowGorgeousGlamorousUnimportantFashion Industry Author:Kelly Cutrone
“I've always been interested in fashion, the clothes, but I'm not that familiar with the fashion industry; for me it just comes out of quite an innocent sense of style.” FashionStyleIndustryClothesFamiliarInnocentFashion Industry Author:Lenora Crichlow
“But as an adult working in the fashion industry, I struggle with materialism. And I'm one of the least materialistic people that exist, because material possessions don't mean much to me. They're beautiful, I enjoy them, they can enhance your life to a certain degree, but they're ultimately not important.” PeopleMeanImportantBeautifulCertainEnjoyStruggleFashionMaterialsIndustryDegreesAdultsPossessionMaterialismMaterialisticFashion IndustryMaterial Possessions Author:Tom Ford