“The red library is Sui's tribute to fashion maven Diana Vreeland, who served as editor for Harper's Bazaar (1939-1962) and Vogue (1963-1961). My most precious collection is my bound Vogue magazines, .. and they're kind of like my Bible. I look at them all the time when I'm trying to inspire myself for a collection.” TryingLooksKindFashionInspireBibleRedBoundsLibraryMagazinesCollectionsEditorsTributeVogueDianaHarperBazaarsMavensVogue Magazine Author:Anna Sui
“It's important for young women and men coming out of the fashion schools to think seriously before starting their own collections.” ThinkingMenImportantSchoolYoungFashionMen And WomenStartingCollectionsComing OutYoung Women Author:Anna Wintour
“I feel like I have become a living fossil in the fashion world. Without even noticing it, in my own collection I have moved away from the street style.” WorldFeelsMy OwnStreetsFashionStyleMovedCollectionsFossilsNoticingFashion World Author:Yohji Yamamoto
“The present fashion system is too hard - there are too many collections. The designers have no time to think! Money is too important. Schedules are too crazy.” ThinkingImportantHardCrazyFashionDesignerCollectionsSchedulesTime To Think Author:Azzedine Alaia
“Fashion is harder than the film industry. You have to constantly be able to crank out hit after hit after hit on demand and on a very tight calendar. I've come back, I've lost it, I've come back again. It's really as good as your last collection.” AbleLastsFilmLostFashionIndustryDemandHarderCollectionsCalendarsBack AgainFilm IndustryCrank Author:Tom Ford
“I never wanted to be a fashion designer, although there is a book somewhere of fashion design I did for a collection when I was seven years old. I always wanted to be an actor.” YearsBookWantedActorsFashionDesignSevenDesignerCollectionsSeven YearsFashion DesignerFashion Design Author:Gwendoline Christie
“With fashion, I barely finish one collection before I must start another.” FashionCollections Author:Alber Elbaz
“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
“The best part about DJing a fashion show after-party or event is being able to correlate the emotions of the collection with music, just as you would for a show.” ShowsAblePartyEmotionFashionEventsCollectionsFashion ShowAfter Party Author:Mia Moretti
“My collection of historical fashion consists of about 10,000 pieces - dresses and accessories, from 18th century to today. The main focus was initially Russian fashion, but now I have extended it to the whole European continent.” WholeTodayFocusPiecesCenturyFashionDressesHistoricalCollectionsContinentsAccessories18th Century Author:Alexander Vassiliev
“I know I wasn't allowed to go to fashion school; I can't cut a dress like Galliano, right? But I had enough wherewithal to go to that studio on my first collection and bring Kim, [stylist] Christine Centenera, Ian Connor, Theophilus London, Virgil Abloh...they all came down to [Vetements/Balenciaga designer] Demna Gvasalia's studio that night and hung out.” KnowsFirstsI CanEnoughSchoolNightCuttingFashionDressesStudiosLondonDesignerCollectionsHungHad EnoughKimStylistChristine Author:Kanye West
“After all these years of creating my collections, I still doubt my decision even until the last minute before the fashion show, I keep questioning myself and wondering if I did the right thing.” IfsYearsStillsShowsLastsDecisionWonderDoubtMinutesFashionCreatingRight ThingCollectionsQuestioningLast MinuteFashion Show Author:Sonia Rykiel
“I went to London Fashion Week for the first time, after I got the job [on The Collection ], and it completely changed the way I perceived it. I thought, "This is a far bigger operation than I ever expected, and it has far more worth than I ever gave it before." It definitely changed my view of the fashion world.” WorldWayFirstsJobsViewsWeekFashionChangedFirst TimeBiggerLondonExpectedOperationsCollectionsFashion WorldFashion Week Author:Tom Riley