“Well, my own men's collection always felt very free back in the days before Jil. Once you make it this kind of dialogue with other people, with a fashion show and clients and whatever, it becomes something else. Free meets not so free.” PeopleMenWellsKindShowsFeltMy OwnFashionDialogueCollectionsClientsFashion Show Author:Raf Simons
“Becoming a fashion designer is agreeing with the fact that what you experience or what you see as free is also connected to a system. Does that mean giving up your freedom? I still don't know the answer. There's a very different kind of psychology going on in the fashion scene than in art.” KnowsGivingKindMeanDoeArtStillsDifferentFactsAnswersPsychologyFashionBecomingSceneGiving UpConnectedDesignerDifferent KindsFashion DesignerYour Freedom Author:Raf Simons
“When artists connect to a system because they want to make a living, it's their own choice. In fashion, designers don't have that choice. I know everybody mentions Azzedine Alaïa, but he's been going for a long time in the system - showing to people, selling to clients - and I think it's admirable how he's transformed it into his own system in a way, but it's still a system.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWantLongStillsArtistChoicesFashionLong TimeSellingDesignerTransformedClientsAdmirableFashion Designer Author:Raf Simons
“I think it's different in fashion, because even if I would be an outsider, I would still be in the middle of the whole world of contemporary fashion. But it's interesting to think what outsider fashion could be. Does it mean to be completely disconnected from the regular system or just disconnected style-wise?” IfsThinkingWorldMeanDoeStillsDifferentWholeWould BeInterestingWiseMiddleFashionStyleWhole WorldContemporaryOutsidersDisconnected Author:Raf Simons
“We kind of shape our truths as we speak them. We fashion things to suit the occasion or the person or our own needs in the moment.” NeedsKindPersonsMomentsSpeakFashionShapesSuitsOccasions Author:George Carlin
“I don't really know anything about fashion, I just kind of wing it and do what I want at the time.” KnowsWantKindFashionWings Author:Keiynan Lonsdale
“If Mad Men had taken place in the '90s it would have been just as believable. But the fact is that was the perfect storm and with the fashion and the sets and the writing and the actors it just all made sense and it just was one of those things that you can't explain.” IfsMenWritingHas BeensMadeFactsActorsPerfectTakenFashionMadStormBelievableMad MenPerfect Storm Author:Christina Hendricks
“I love different sorts of people, their stories, all the different facets, that make them, them. This is entwined with how I am compelled to tell many of these stories and have ended up being a broadcaster after originally going to drama school and working in fashion for a bit.” PeopleDifferentStoriesSchoolBitsFashionDramaCompelledFacetsBroadcastersEntwined Author:Gemma Cairney
“The very, very first thing that I wanted was to make a living - be independent and have a job. It might have come later, that kind of reaction to the boringness of fashion.” FirstsKindMightWantedJobsFashionIndependentReactions Author:Rei Kawakubo
“In the '70s, if anything, it was a more interesting time in fashion. It was a time when things were changing, especially in London.” IfsInterestingFashionLondonInteresting Times Author:Rei Kawakubo
“I identified very much with punk, not only in the fashion sector, but in every other sector. The very nature of doing something new and free meant something that was against authority.” FashionAuthoritySomething NewPunk Author:Rei Kawakubo
“I received a wonderful email after I spoke at a school from a girl who'd lived in a war zone and endured horrors no human being should suffer, let alone a child. This young lady was fortunate to be bought to Britain and seemed to adjust well, but suddenly found herself falling off the rails and sliding into hell when I chatted to her. In her letter, she told me the difference that I'd made. She's now 20 years old and a fashion designer employing staff and she puts her work ethic down purely to talking to me. It's my most treasured letter.” ShouldYearsHumansWellsChildrenMadeWarSchoolYoungSufferingFallGirlFoundDifferencesHuman BeingsTalkingHellWonderfulFashionHorrorEthicsLettersFortunateDesignerBritainZoneSpokesStaffWork EthicEmailRailFashion DesignerEmployingYoung LadiesTreasuredFalling OffWar Zones Author:Simon Weston
“As far as the fashion of mod 60's goes...I've always loved it. I bought a mod dress while still in college for an audition I had for Marsha Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie. It may have been a little too mod for the American 60's, but I think it worked just fine. I ended up wearing it a lot and it became one of my favorite pieces.” ThinkingMayLittlesHas BeensStillsPiecesFashionCollegeFineDressesMy FavoriteBunchAuditionsBradyModsBrady Bunch Author:Erica Schroeder
“Earl Scruggs is the guy who really made that leap with using three fingers in a rotating fashion to create this fast rippling sound that had never been heard before.” MadeGuyThreeSoundHeardFashionFingersLeapRotating Author:Earl Scruggs
“I've never really compared myself to anyone who's a big star - I'm not trying to be a fashion icon or get famous.” TryingBigsStarsFashionIconsFashion Icon Author:Katy B
“I went to school for a short period of time to study fashion. I wanted to become a stylist or a designer. I made clothes when I was a teenager that I used to sell online. My label name was "Baby Jesus" - so incredibly stupid, but whatever, I was 17!” MadeWantedSchoolUsedJesusNamesStudyFashionStupidBabyPeriodsClothesSellsLabelsTeenagerDesignerOnlineStylistBaby Jesus Author:Bethany Cosentino
“Stevie Nicks has always been my fashion icon, so I wanted to blend her infamous witchy style with the 90s valley girl theme that I was so entranced by as a young girl.” WantedYoungGirlFashionStyleThemeValleysIconsInfamousFashion IconValley Girl Author:Bethany Cosentino
“Getting to be involved with fashion is one of the coolest things I've done.” DoneFashionInvolved Author:Bethany Cosentino
“It's very strange that people would consider me a fashion muse but it's also flattering. I try to just be myself, and wear what's comfortable and makes me feel good.” PeopleFeelsTryingFashionStrangeComfortableFeel GoodMuseFlattering Author:Bethany Cosentino
“I've always been interested in fashion, and Urban Outfitters presented me with a huge opportunity to pursue that interest.” OpportunityInterestFashionHugePursueUrban Author:Bethany Cosentino
“I have met a few people, who are so respected in the fashion industry and all around the world, and are still very humble. People who have it all but act like they only just started, it's beautiful. This is what I want to be.” PeopleWorldWantStillsBeautifulFashionIndustryMetsHumbleAround The WorldFashion Industry Author:Benjamin Clementine
“Some people are saying that my music is not for Burberry, it's not for fashion. I know where they're trying to go but if you're saying my music is only for deprived and sad people, then you're not helping me and you're not helping yourself. It's meant to be for everyone.” PeopleIfsKnowsTryingHelpingFashionMusic IsMeant To BeDeprivedHelp YourselfBurberry Author:Benjamin Clementine
“What if instead of seeing a neighborhood that reminds you of the place you grew up in, you see your actual neighborhood? The data exists. The technology exists. It's just a matter of sourcing it and processing it in a compelling fashion.” IfsMatterTechnologySeeingFashionGrewGrew UpDataNeighborhoodWhat IfCompellingProcessing Author:Chris Milk
“There's a fashion, or maybe you could call it a necessity, in French cinema to make social films, which is to say films in which the characters are defined by their social context.” CharacterFilmSocialFashionDefinedCinemaFrench Cinema Author:Louis Garrel
“The acceleration and saturation leads to things becoming outmoded, or out of fashion before they've even happened. That's a pretty complicated situation. Hype becomes autonomous from its object and runs away with itself.” RunningSituationHappenedFashionObjectsBecomingComplicatedRunning AwayHypeAutonomousAccelerationSaturation Author:Kode9
“I guess my life was in a pretty disorderly fashion, so I think the music came out that way a little bit.” ThinkingWayLittlesBitsFashionLittle Bit Author:Sune Rose Wagner
“It was all about how we were going to build these costumes with lighting in them, and trying to make them a little more high fashion, a little sexier, and a little edgier. But we just did tons and tons of research, and we would constantly be bringing things to each other and inspiring each other.” TryingLittlesFashionResearchCostumesLightingHigh Fashion Author:Christine Bieselin Clark
“We made basement practice songs.To have them presented in such a huge fashion today - like at Primavera, where it's thousands of people in a festival environment - is surreal. I never thought some of the songs would ever need to be projected at such a volume or to such a wide span of people.” PeopleNeedsMadeTodaySongPracticeEnvironmentFashionHugeWideVolumeFestivalsSurrealBasementsFashion Today Author:David Pajo
“I grew up around fashion - my mom was an editor for Vogue. Compared to the music industry, though, I'd say [fashion] is a little bit more disorganized. But it's exciting for me because, when you're a performer, there is a fashion element.” LittlesBitsFashionGrewMomIndustryElementsLittle BitGrew UpExcitingMy MomEditorsPerformersMusic IndustryVogueDisorganized Author:Zachary Cole Smith
“Fashion shows are glamorous for 20 minutes.” ShowsMinutesFashionGlamorousFashion Show Author:Alek Wek
“Not everyone is selfish in fashion. There are people who go to bed feeling good about themselves and then spread the love.” PeopleFeelingsFashionBedSpreadSelfishFeel Good Author:Alek Wek
“There is definitely a correlation between theater and wedding fashion.” FashionTheaterCorrelation Author:Austin Scarlett
“For theater, the fashion had to have a certain grandeur that would read on the stage while also flattering the actress. The same thing applies when doing a wedding dress, but the treatments can be more delicate and there can be much more detail.” CertainStageFashionTheaterDressesDetailsActressesTreatmentDelicateGrandeurFlatteringWedding Dress Author:Austin Scarlett
“Living in New York, I get inspired by what young women are wearing - everything from high fashion to street fashion.” YoungStreetsFashionNew YorkInspiredYoung WomenHigh Fashion Author:Austin Scarlett
“Each season I try to incorporate something new that corresponds to the timing and the trends in everyday fashion.” TryingFashionSeasonsEverydaySomething NewTrendsTiming Author:Austin Scarlett
“The fact that there are now many entities that may have some loose affiliation with a former core Al Qaeda - or who have decided to fashion themselves as an affiliate or follower in the Al Qaeda jihadist tradition - as well as groups that are just inspired by the concept that they could also be the perpetrators of mass killing, means that there is a spectrum of threats.” WellsMayMeanFactsGroupsFashionMassConceptsTraditionDecidedThreatInspiredKillingCoreFormerAlsFollowersEntitySpectrumAl QaedaPerpetratorsAffiliation Author:Graham T. Allison
“I didn't know I wanted to be a hairdresser. I was always interested in fashion and imagery in a very naive way, but it was always an attraction, like glitter balls.” KnowsWayWantedFashionBallsAttractionNaiveImageryGlitterHairdresser Author:Guido Palau
“Fashion was a very insider industry then - it was very closed. So I didn't really know what I wanted to do.” KnowsWantedFashionIndustryInsiders Author:Guido Palau
“I worked at a bunch of other salons, and at one, this girl was going out to do a photo shoot for a women's magazine and brought me along to assist her. I remember going on that shoot and thinking, "God, this is great. It's creative, and you get to work with all of these other creative people." At that point I decided that hair would be my in to fashion and all the things I thought I would enjoy - and did enjoy.” PeopleThinkingWould BeRememberGirlEnjoyCreativeFashionHairDecidedBunchMagazinesGoing OutCreative PeopleThis GirlPhoto ShootsSalonsThinking God Author:Guido Palau
“Fashion is emotional, and the way women look at it is emotional, so it's very important to try to connect with a woman's idea of how she might feel.” WayFeelsTryingLooksImportantIdeasMightFashionEmotional Author:Guido Palau
“Fashion now is just so confusing. It doesn't feel as easy. Fashion seems to be in a much more eclectic place.” FeelsSeemsEasyFashionConfusingEclectic Author:Guido Palau
“As the older ones, to understand that it is a different time, and young people look at fashion in a different way . . . It's just different. If we harp on about it, they'll feel like we're just old fuddy-duddies, so I just kind of get on with it. I still feel I've got things to say.” PeopleIfsWayFeelsLooksKindStillsDifferentYoungFashionDifferent WaysDifferent TimesHarps Author:Guido Palau
“I love fashion, obviously, but I hate trying on clothes.” TryingHateFashionClothesI HateLove FashionI Love Fashion Author:Cassie Ventura
“My idea with my work is always to fashion something that's impossible to transpose into any other media.” IdeasImpossibleMediaFashion Author:Mark Leyner
“Pictures were completely eliminated from mathematics; in particular when I was young this happened in a very strong fashion.” YoungStrongHappenedFashionParticularMathematicsVery Strong Author:Benoit Mandelbrot
“If one takes the kinds of risks which I took, which are colossal, but taking risks, I was rewarded by being able to contribute in a very substantial fashion to a variety of fields. I was able to reawaken and solve some very old problems.” IfsKindProblemAbleRiskFashionFieldsSolveVarietyTaking RisksColossal Author:Benoit Mandelbrot
“In my world [of fashion] there's more things that kind of affect it. There's the retailers we do business with, our own stores, my merchandising team... Everybody has opinions, and so you definitely have to filter through a lot.” WorldKindOpinionTeamFashionStoresFiltersRetailersMerchandising Author:Paul Weller
“I think the world is really small today, and fashion, from that end of it, it's instantaneous everywhere.” ThinkingWorldEndsTodayFashionInstantaneous Author:Paul Weller
“It's a global fashion thing; because of the Internet it has gotten really small. It's cluttered, but it's gotten small.” FashionInternet Author:Paul Weller