“I have always been interested in fashion as an informing design discipline: proportion structure, detail, materiality, texture, color and quality. With a heightened interest in, and an awareness of the built environment, the 'store' has become a critical, perceptual and psychological component of merchandising as well as imaging. Architecture and fashion are partners.” WellsInterestQualityEnvironmentAwarenessFashionDesignColorDisciplineBuiltStructureDetailsCriticalStoresArchitecturePartnersPsychologicalProportionComponentsTextureInformingImagingMaterialityMerchandisingBuilt Environment Author:Charles Gwathmey
“Fans don't lie. They just tell you what they really think, and they see details that even people in fashion don't.” PeopleThinkingLyingFansFashionDetailsDon't Lie Author:Nicola Formichetti
“The brain processes meaning before detail. Providing the gist, the core concept, first was like giving a thirsty person a tall glass of water. And the brain likes hierarchy. Starting with general concepts naturally leads to explaining information in a hierarchical fashion. You have to do the general idea first. And then you will see that 40 percent improvement in understanding.” GivingFirstsPersonsIdeasProcessUnderstandingWaterBrainFashionInformationPercentConceptsStartingGlassesDetailsImprovementCoreLikesTallProvidingHierarchyExplainingThirstyGist Author:John Medina
“Don't start with the details. Start with the key ideas, and in a hierarchical fashion, form the details around these larger notions.” IdeasFormFashionKeysNotionDetails Book:Brain Rules (Updated and Expanded): 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School Source: Brain Rules (Updated and Expanded): 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School
“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
“I try to make Play Cloths really representative of me and my designers they look at my evolution as an artist and in fashion and they [zero] in to different details. I come into the office some days and they're like, 'What are those?" [I say,] "[These] are Philip Lim...[I'll] have on Philip Lim sweats and they go and put their spin on it.” TryingLooksDifferentPlayArtistFashionEvolutionOfficeDetailsDesignerZeroSweatRepresentativesPhilip Author:Pusha T