“I’m not interested in changing either my suit or my car or whatever with every change in fashion. That’s irrelevant. I don’t judge myself or my friends by their fashions. Of course, I don’t approve of people who are sloppy and unnecessarily shabby or dishevelled… But I’m not impressed by a US$5,000 or US$10,000 Armani suit.” PeopleCoursesFashionCarJudgingMy FriendsSuitsNot InterestedImpressedIrrelevantSingaporeSloppyShabbyNot ImpressedArmani Book:The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew Source: The Wit & Wisdom of Lee Kuan Yew
“The essential of a real picture is that the things which occur in it occur to him in his peculiarly personal fashion.. ..the idea of modernity is but a new attachment of things universal - a fresh relationship to the courses of the sun and to the living swing of the earth - a new fire of affection for the living essence present everywhere.” IdeasRealEarthCoursesSunFireFashionEssentialsEssenceUniversalAffectionAttachmentSwingsModernity Author:Marsden Hartley
“Fashion is, perhaps by necessity, in a world of its own - one that only rarely overlaps with anything resembling real life. This fantasy and exoticism is part of its appeal, of course.” WorldRealCoursesFantasyFashionReal LifeAppeals Author:Vince Aletti
“The pervasive idea is that if you're a man in the fashion industry, you're gay until proven otherwise. And of course there are lots of men who aren't. But people make certain assumptions.” PeopleIfsMenIdeasCertainCoursesFashionIndustryGayAssumptionProvenFashion Industry Author:Tim Gunn
“Man is an Animal, formidable both from his Passions and his Reason; his Passions often urging him to great Evils, and his Reason furnishing Means to achieve them. To train this Animal, and make him amenable to Order; to inure him to a Sense of Justice and Virtue, to withhold him from ill Courses by Fear, and encourage him in his Duty by Hopes; in short, to fashion and model him for Society, hath been the Aim of civil and religious Institutions; and, in all Times, the Endeavour of good and wise Men. The aptest Method for attaining this End, hath been always judged a proper Education.” MenMeanEndsReasonOrderPassionCoursesEvilReligiousJusticeAnimalEducationVirtueWiseAchieveFashionDutyModelsAimMethodInstitutionsTrainIllAll TimeEndeavorJudgedFormidableAmenable Author:George Berkeley
“I am a rock & roll man, and therefore, a denim man. Musicians of any era - whether it be The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Rage Against the Machine, or, of course, Madonna - will inspire fashion. And we in turn will inspire them.” MenTurnsCoursesRocksFashionInspireMusicianStonesMachinesRageErasRollingRolling StonesDenimRage Against The Machine Author:Renzo Rosso
“I've always found that fashion is, first of all, mainly for yourself. So my two icons are, on one side, Little Edie from 'Grey Gardens' and, of course, like all my generation, I'm influenced by Kate Moss.” FirstsLittlesTwoCoursesFoundSidesGenerationsFashionGardenGreyIconsMy GenerationKateMoss Author:Lou Doillon
“There are exceptional loyalties and there are old fashion ideas about how you get loyalties, and after all the auditorium is full of people who have co-owned shares with the managers for many decades, and in many cases they co-invested when everyone was young and obscure. Also when you come back to a place like that you are celebrating old loyalties, and of course the basic idea behind so much of Berkshire is the old fashioned idea that the best way to get loyalty is to deserve loyalty.” PeopleWayIdeasYoungCoursesBehindsCasesShareFashionDeserveDecadesLoyaltyBest WayCelebrateManagersObscureOld FashionedExceptionalAuditoriumsOld Fashion Author:Charlie Munger
“Of course, I don't act in an extreme fashion in my day to day life. I don't think any of us live do. I think we all have that reserve somewhere and we pull upon it when we need it.” ThinkingNeedsCoursesFashionExtremesReservesDay To DayDay LifeDay To Day Life Author:Vin Diesel
“I'm not interested in how people dress. Of course, I recognize if somebody's elegant. But fashion doesn't interest me.” PeopleIfsCoursesInterestFashionDressesNot InterestedElegant Author:Miuccia Prada
“My deep relations with fashion started in Paris in 1980s, when I was appointed head of The Fashion History course at French Esmod fashion school, the biggest and the best in those years in Paris.” YearsSchoolCoursesFashionRelationParis Author:Alexander Vassiliev
“There have been a lot of changes [in the fashion industry], of course. You just have to accept it and be strong.” Has BeensCoursesStrongAcceptingFashionIndustryFashion Industry Author:Carolina Herrera
“Of course sportsmen and women are not only great role models, they are great fashion models too, as they are at the peak of physical perfection.” CoursesRolesFashionModelsMen And WomenPerfectionRole ModelsSportsmanGreat FashionFashion ModelGreat Role Models Author:Giorgio Armani
“Of course there is a lot of fluidity now between art, architecture and fashion - a lot more cross-pollination in the disciplines, but this isn't about competition, it's about collaboration and what these practices and processes can contribute to one another.” ArtCoursesProcessPracticeFashionDisciplineCrossesCompetitionArchitectureCollaborationFluidityPollination Author:Zaha Hadid
“When I first covered [presidential election ] in 2008, I was asking questions for kids around the world, but mainly for myself. I didn't know the process, I didn't know how it worked. Now, of course, I'm more schooled on it, but I deal with so much politics in my fashion work and in Hollywood, that I haven't been as connected this time.” KnowsWorldFirstsKidsCoursesProcessDealsKnow HowFashionHavensHollywoodAskingElectionConnectedAround The WorldPresidentialCoveredAsking QuestionsSchooledPresidential Election Author:Lily Collins
“I focus on fashion of course, I love it. I may go buy an outfit and get dressed just to sit on the couch and watch TV at the crib so on the outside looking in people cold better word it. It's really me just being me.” PeopleMayCoursesWatchesFocusFashionTvsColdJust BeingCouchesBeing MeOutside Looking InJust Being Me Author:Lil Herb