“And I'm the first one to tell people to break the rules. But you can only break the rules once you know what the rules are. The other thing is, fashion is the last design discipline to actually have academic texts and historical analysis.” PeopleKnowsFirstsLastsBreakFashionDesignDisciplineHistoricalAnalysisAcademic Author:Tim Gunn
“I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion.” ChildrenFashionClothesHistoricalMotivatedVictorianGowns Author:Olivier Theyskens
“When you look on one of your contemporary 'good copies' of historical remains, ask yourself the question: Not what style, but in what civilization is this building? And the absurdity, vulgarity, anachronism and solecism of the modern structure will be revealed to you in a most startling fashion.” LooksAsksModernFashionStyleBuildingCivilizationRemainsStructureHistoricalContemporaryCopiesAbsurdityVulgarityAnachronism Author:Louis Sullivan
“The historical side of fashion was very attractive to me when I was a teenager in Moscow, working for the costume departments in various Russian theater companies.” SidesCompanyFashionTheaterHistoricalVariousTeenagerAttractiveDepartmentCostumesMoscow Author:Alexander Vassiliev
“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 can go to parties all the time and not see people I want to work with, but then sometimes I do, and the way I try to describe it is that I like to refer to art history a lot in my paintings, and there are some people who just have a face that feels like art historical. Like they could be in a Tiepolo painting as a person riding through the sky in a chariot, or she could be in a fashion magazine.” PeopleTryingArtSometimesPartyFashionPaintingHistoricalArt History Author:Will Cotton
“The U.S. military today garrisons the planet in a fashion without historical precedent. Successive administrations, regardless of party, justify and perpetuate this policy by insisting that positioning U.S. forces in distant lands fosters peace, stability, and security. In the present century, however, perpetuating this practice has visibly had the opposite effect. In the eyes of many of those called upon to "host" American bases, the permanent presence of such forces smacks of occupation. They resist. Why should U.S. policymakers expect otherwise?” EyeTodayPartySecurityMilitaryFashionPolicyHistoricalJustifyStabilityHostSmack Author:Andrew Bacevich