“For me, working in the fashion industry is about getting to meet the minds behind the brands. Sure, there are nice dinners, events and shows - even the occasional freebie - but the best part is getting to sit down with and talk to people that have done great things. You quickly realize that no matter who you're talking to, how famous, brilliant or wealthy they are, they are just "people."” PeopleMindMatterDoneShowsRealizingBehindsTalkingNiceFashionEventsIndustryDinnerBrilliantGreat ThingsBrandsWealthyOccasionalFashion Industry Author:Ben Clymer
“The huge amount of love and support I've been receiving, whether it's in the fashion industry itself or on social media, truly warms my heart and motivates me to be a voice for all the women out there.” HeartSocialVoiceSupportMediaFashionHugeIndustryAmountMy HeartSocial MediaReceivingFashion Industry Author:Maria Borges
“I love the plus (fashion) industry! It embraces a lot of women who would otherwise disappear into the background. I truly love what I do!” FashionIndustryEmbraceDisappearBackgroundsPlusFashion Industry Author:Liris Crosse
“I feel that people who understand the horrible things that young emaciated models go through really champion the cause of realistic standards in fashion.You only have to see one person suffering to understand how truly horrible the industry is to these girls.” PeopleFeelsPersonsYoungSufferingGirlCausesFashionIndustryModelsStandardsHorribleChampionRealisticHorrible Things Author:Whitney Thompson
“I feel like I've gone through stages with the industry; when I first started showing it was during the time of the recession, the economical situation meant fashion was suffering. But now the fashion business is back and booming, and I think it just encourages me to constantly set myself bigger and bigger challenges and reach new goals.” ThinkingFeelsFirstsSufferingGoalChallengesSituationGoneStageFashionIndustryBiggerRecessionsNew GoalFashion Business Author:Roksanda Ilincic
“The fashion industry has an enormous amount to offer in what we do in industrial design because fashion is fast, fashion has its finger on the pulse. There are very few creative industries that work on that rhythm.” CreativeFashionDesignIndustryAmountOffersFingersEnormousRhythmPulseFashion IndustryIndustrial DesignCreative Industries Author:Marc Newson
“No one knows anything about the fashion industry in Brazil. They don't care what you do. They just want the beach and the sun and the fun. I feel the freest and the happiest there.” KnowsWantFeelsCareFunSunFashionIndustryDon't CareBeachBrazilFashion Industry Author:Candice Swanepoel
“British fashion is a serious business. The British fashion industry is worth £21bn to the U.K. economy and employs 819,000 people across the country.” PeopleCountryEconomyFashionSeriousIndustryBritishFashion IndustrySerious Business Author:Natalie Massenet
“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 mean, a lot of people don't realize it, but fashion is one of the most racial industries left out there now. Radio and music aren't. Television and movies aren't. Even commercials now are showing interracial couples. You see a lot of diversity in TV shows, but you don't see that in fashion. You think there would be some, because the consumer is of all colors and all shades. But you don't see that in fashion.” PeopleThinkingMeanShowsWould BeLeftRealizingFashionTelevisionColorTvsIndustryCoupleDiversityRadioConsumersShadeTv ShowsLeft OutInterracial Couple Author:Tyson Beckford
“McQueen was daring, original, exciting. He shook up the establishment with his creativity and understood what it takes to be a great British ambassador for fashion. I admired him very much. He was a fashion revolutionary that, like me, made the journey from [Central] Saint Martins to Paris where he put his own unique mark on the industry. He will not be forgotten.” MadeCreativityJourneyFashionIndustryUniqueUnderstoodExcitingMarkOriginalsForgottenSaintBritishLike MeRevolutionaryParisEstablishmentDaringAmbassadorsMcqueen Author:John Galliano
“The fashion industry isn't merely content to encase my meaty flanks in skintight denim. Oh, no! That denim also has to be white, a color that attracts ketchup, wine, garlic aioli, and any other foodstuffs I might otherwise be able to enjoy if I wasn't wearing ridiculously tight pants.” IfsMightAbleEnjoyWhiteFashionColorIndustryWinePantsFashion IndustryGarlicKetchupDenimTight Pants Author:Diablo Cody
“The one glaring issue I have with the modeling industry and the fashion industry is that there is no union for young women and when I went into acting, the way young kids are protected, there must be a mandatory union or regulation, it just has to be done.” WayDoneKidsYoungActingIssuesFashionIndustryUnionsRegulationProtectedYoung WomenModelingFashion IndustryModeling Industry Author:Jaime King
“Growing up, I wanted to be a sports commentator. Then my aunt introduced me to the fashion industry, and everything sort of fell into place.” WantedSportsGrowing UpGrowingFashionIndustryAuntCommentatorsFashion Industry Author:Olivia Palermo
“I am super passionate about my new business because it has the potential to disrupt the fashion industry in a positive way. Master & Muse is providing a place to buy better. There are many big issues in producing fashion today, and the consumer doesn't fully understand the problems at hand. That is where we come in. We are providing awareness, information, and great fashion.” WayProblemHandsBigsTodayIssuesAwarenessFashionInformationMastersIndustryPassionateConsumersProvidingMuseFashion IndustryNew BusinessGreat FashionWhere We ComeFashion Today Author:Amber Valletta
“I feel like fashion is becoming more inclusive, partly because the industry is finally getting that beauty exists in so many ways, and partly because thanks to Instagram, girls can create their own images, or remix images they're seeing in magazines and fashion shows, in ways that weren't possible before.” WayFeelsShowsGirlSeeingFashionIndustryBecomingMagazinesThanksInstagramBecoming MoreFashion ShowRemix Author:Petra Collins
“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
“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 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 in fashion for ten years, and like anyone in the fashion industry, even if you leave, you never leave fashion behind.” IfsYearsBehindsFashionIndustryTenFashion Industry Author:Elizabeth Rogers
“My aspiration isn't to be some fashion photographer or anything. I think that's a space that's occupied by people that have a full-time commitment to the industry. You have to really be 100% invested to be successful in that industry.” PeopleThinkingSpaceSuccessfulFashionIndustryCommitmentPhotographerAspirationBeing Successful Author:C. J. Wilson
“Now the industry is looking at the change in a very real way - to find ways of talking to the consumer much faster. Everything we have is changing with communication - from fashion to newspapers.” WayRealTalkingFashionCommunicationIndustryNewspapersFasterConsumersWay Of Talking Author:Donna Karan
“I think the fashion industry, as a result of globalization, has undergone a uniformity. I'm not saying that's good or that's bad but that is my observation.” ThinkingResultsFashionIndustryObservationGlobalizationUniformityFashion Industry Author:Patricia Field
“I had been a fashion photographer for over ten years, but I'd always been dissatisfied with what I was doing. It was all about selling people, and I got disheartened by the whole industry.” PeopleYearsWholeFashionIndustryTenPhotographerSellingDissatisfiedDisheartened Author:Giles Duley
“The fashion industry can in a certain way be very hard and closed.” WayHardCertainFashionIndustryFashion Industry Author:Sonia Rykiel
“Sometimes in the fashion industry we come across some unfair rules, but no one is obliged to follow them.” SometimesFashionIndustryUnfairObligedFashion Industry Author:Sonia Rykiel
“The fashion industry is a free world, with creative codes that can be hardly considered sometimes, but it's also up to women to create their own style, and own trend.” WorldSometimesCreativeFashionStyleIndustryCodeTrendsFashion IndustryFree World Author:Sonia Rykiel
“This is an industry [high fashion] that has an abundance of over-confidence. I don't think anyone would dispute that, and I'm not trying to pick on anybody, but that's just a fact, right? And sometimes that's fun.” ThinkingTryingSometimesFactsFunFashionIndustryPicksAbundanceDisputesHigh FashionOver Confidence Author:Jared Leto
“Plastic surgery is distressingly popular and I feel that the fashion industry has killed tens of thousands of women over the years from anorexia.” FeelsYearsFashionIndustryPlasticSurgeryAnorexiaPlastic SurgeryFashion Industry Author:Nan Goldin
“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
“The hardest thing, particularly in the fashion industry in Canada, has been access to capital.” Has BeensFashionIndustryAccessHardestCanadaHardest ThingFashion Industry Author:Joe Mimran
“In my early days, fashion was considered a very high risk industry. The failure rate is very high. Trying to get capital and trying to find people who specialize in that industry is very difficult too.” PeopleTryingDifficultRiskFashionIndustryRateHigh Risk Author:Joe Mimran
“What is the most challenging is the industry of fashion is pushing for speedy consumption.” ChallengesFashionIndustryPushingConsumption Author:Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
“When I see that the clothes are sold the day they debut in some cases, I fear we are going to kill the invisible side of fashion, the mystery. Now with the industry, it's getting a bit difficult to create any mystery. But it's quite an interesting period. It's a bit chaotic.” BitsDifficultSidesInterestingCasesMysteryFashionIndustryPeriodsClothesInvisibleChaoticDebut Author:Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
“I don't understand the fashion industry and the appeal of it. I understand that there are some people who think it's important to them, and they're designers, they're artists, but there seems to be a disproportionate amount of our culture that's caught up in that and the red carpet stuff. It seems like there's a disproportionate amount of attention placed on that.” PeopleThinkingImportantSeemsArtistCultureStuffAttentionFashionIndustryAmountRedCaughtAppealsDesignerCaught UpCarpetRed CarpetFashion Industry Author:Jim Gaffigan
“The media should be a mirror of society, and the world is diverse. So I mean, why shouldn't the fashion industry be diverse? It's just so simple. To me it's ABC, you know? It should not even be explained. It should just be the way it is.” KnowsWorldWayShouldMeanSimpleMediaFashionIndustryMirrorsDiverseFashion Industry Author:Bianca Balti
“I'm obsessed with the customer. I am the customer. I really don't think you can go wrong if you don't take your eye off of that. Serving the customer. How does she feel? I feel like the fashion industry has cared a lot about how we look but not about how we feel.” IfsThinkingFeelsLooksDoeEyeFashionIndustryCustomersObsessedServingFashion Industry Author:Sara Blakely
“I feel that women have been neglected, unnecessarily neglected and mistreated personally by the fashion industry and shapewear in that entire category was a definite place that we were neglected.” FeelsHas BeensFashionIndustryCategoriesDefiniteNeglectedFashion IndustryMistreated Author:Sara Blakely