“It was a really fun idea to have a fashion label with my sister but I don't have an awful lot of time for it because my first love and job is to be an actress.” FirstsIdeasJobsFunFashionActressesAwfulLabelsMy SisterFirst Love Author:Sienna Miller
“If you want to be in fashion you have to absolutely love what you do, because it's more than a job - it's your life. This is a very intense and hard business. But don't worry, trust life. Anything you want, you are capable of getting, it just takes a combination of effort and grace.” IfsWantHardJobsEffortWorryGraceFashionCapableIntenseCombination Author:Lori Goldstein
“My mother only had a third grade education, was illiterate, worked as a domestic 2 to 3 jobs at a time, because she didn't want to be on welfare, because she never saw people who went on welfare come off of welfare, and she just didn't want to have her life controlled in that fashion.” PeopleWantJobsMotherSawsFashionThirdsWelfareGradesControlledIlliterateThird Grade Author:Benjamin Carson
“Generally I start writing when I have even the smallest idea of how a book is going to go, because the physical process of writing itself keeps the mind active and focused on the job at hand. Usually I write in about 5 drafts, but that simply means there are 5 definite times when I go in a linear fashion from the beginning to the end of the book.” WritingMindMeanBookIdeasEndsHandsJobsProcessFashionActiveFocusedSmallestDefiniteLinear Author:Terry Pratchett
“I think that fashion and music go hand-in-hand, and they always should. It's the artist's job to create imagery that matches the music. I think they're very intertwined.” ThinkingShouldHandsJobsArtistFashionImageryHand In HandIntertwinedFashion And Music Author:Lady Gaga
“I just sing and write songs and wear what I want. It's quite a good job really. If I wanted to I suppose I could become more of a fashion icon, but singing is my thing.” IfsWantWritingWantedJobsSongFashionSingingGood JobIconsFashion Icon Author:Ellie Goulding
“I'm good at my job for a midwestern American. Maybe it's because people in fashion often mistake common sense for genius. I mean, some model walks down the runway in an impossible outfit, and I state the obvious ? no one is going to wear that ? and people are like, you're brilliant!.” PeopleMeanStatesJobsWalksCommonMistakeImpossibleFashionLike YouGeniusModelsObviousBrilliantCommon SenseRunway Author:David Wolfe
“I like a basic uniform for guys. Steve Jobs is my fashion icon, because he wears the same outfit every day. If you always wear the same thing, you make a statement. Then put a bow tie on and really stand out.” IfsJobsGuyFashionStatementsTiesBowsUniformsStanding OutIconsFashion IconBow Tie Author:Dhani Jones
“There's such a huge link with fashion, with front covers of magazines and selling products, but that's not what you go into the job for, and yet you're persuaded that's what you have to do to create the opportunities for yourself.” JobsOpportunityFashionFrontsProductsHugeSellingMagazinesLinksSelling Products Author:Ruth Wilson
“If you don't connect yourself to your family and to the world in some fashion, through your job or whatever it is you do, you feel like you're disappearing, you feel like you're fading away, you know? I felt like that for a very very long time. Growing up, I felt like that a lot. I was just invisible; an invisible person. I think that feeling, wherever it appears, and I grew up around people who felt that way, it's an enormous source of pain; the struggle to make yourself felt and visible. To have some impact, and to create meaning for yourself, and for the people you come in touch with.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWorldWayFeelsPersonsLongFeelingsPainJobsFeltStruggleGrowing UpGrowingFashionLike YouSourceGrewGrew UpLong TimeImpactDisappearInvisibleEnormousOur FamilyVisibleFadingFading Away Author:Bruce Springsteen
“The woman who does her job for society inside the four walls of her home must not be considered by her husband or anyone else an economic "dependent," reaching out her hands in mendicant fashion for financial help.” DoeHelpingHomeHandsJobsMarriageFourEconomicFashionWallHusbandFinancialReachingDependentReach OutFour Walls Author:Mary Barnett Gilson
“I'm all for reforming our higher education system, in the 21st century, to have the skills you need for a middle-class job, you need higher education of some form or fashion. It may not be a four-year degree. The problem is he just wants to pour that additional money into the broken, existing system.” WantNeedsYearsMayProblemJobsFormEducationClassFourMiddleCenturyFashionBrokenHigherSkillsDegreesMiddle ClassFour Years21st CenturyEducation SystemHigher Education Author:Marco Rubio
“We, as designers, have a job with so many possibilities and connections. We are connected to so many different portals, from art to movies to music to design. Fashion is always evolving. Actually, the field is huge. I don't think there is another profession that is so open to so many possibilities.” ThinkingArtDifferentJobsFashionDesignFieldsPossibilityHugeConnectionsConnectedProfessionEvolveDesignerPortal Author:Miuccia Prada
“Some designers are so airy-fairy people can't connect with them. I hope people can relate to me, to a normal person who just happens to be a fashion designer, that people can take me as they find me. It's not the designer's job to care about what people think. Whatever else I've done, I've never tried to be something that I'm not.” PeopleThinkingPersonsDoneHappensCareJobsFashionNormalRelateDesignerFairyTake MeFind MeFashion DesignerAiry Author:Alexander McQueen
“In life, (the fashion world) is full of sharks. In this world the young girls lose themselves; become the property of others, live but for the job and their craziness...they don't know anymore where their home is. Many take drugs. It's strange. Perhaps the girls understand that this does not work for me. I don't have many friendships with other models. I respect them and enjoy working with them, but I probably would not invite them into my home. My house is like my heart, and I open it only to those with whom I have a close relationship.” KnowsWorldHeartDoeHomeJobsYoungGirlHouseEnjoyLosesFashionThis WorldStrangeMy HeartDrugModelsPropertyInvitesSharksCrazinessClose RelationshipFashion World Author:Laetitia Casta
“In fashion, there's a lack of strong male images. And there's a huge lack of strong African American images. I noticed over the past thirteen years, Ralph and those guys have used guys that looked similar to me. And I was happy for those guys, but eventually I said, 'Enough is enough, I'm just going to go in and take my job back.'” YearsSaidEnoughJobsPastUsedGuyStrongFashionHugeMalesAfrican AmericanOver The PastThirteenEnough Is Enough Author:Tyson Beckford
“The very, very first thing that I wanted was to make a living - be independent and have a job. It might have come later, that kind of reaction to the boringness of fashion.” FirstsKindMightWantedJobsFashionIndependentReactions Author:Rei Kawakubo
“David Bowie is kind of the pioneer of glam rock. Not just for music, but just his overall, how he incorporates fashion and other arts into music. And he does a really amazing job about being fearless and that kind of stuff.” KindDoeArtJobsStuffRocksFashionFearlessPioneersBowieReally AmazingGlamAmazing JobGlam Rock Author:BØRNS
“And even with traditional fashion models, where it's their job to be a certain size and a certain proportion, you have to make adjustments once you see your clothes on a real live person. Now imagine doing that with more sizes, more proportions. You really have to play with every piece. So timing is a big part of it. You have to make the time.” PersonsRealPlayBigsJobsCertainPiecesImagineFashionClothesModelsSizeTraditionalProportionTimingAdjustmentFashion Model Author:Christian Siriano
“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