“We kind of shape our truths as we speak them. We fashion things to suit the occasion or the person or our own needs in the moment.” NeedsKindPersonsMomentsSpeakFashionShapesSuitsOccasions Author:George Carlin
“I don't really know anything about fashion, I just kind of wing it and do what I want at the time.” KnowsWantKindFashionWings Author:Keiynan Lonsdale
“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
“As the older ones, to understand that it is a different time, and young people look at fashion in a different way . . . It's just different. If we harp on about it, they'll feel like we're just old fuddy-duddies, so I just kind of get on with it. I still feel I've got things to say.” PeopleIfsWayFeelsLooksKindStillsDifferentYoungFashionDifferent WaysDifferent TimesHarps Author:Guido Palau
“If one takes the kinds of risks which I took, which are colossal, but taking risks, I was rewarded by being able to contribute in a very substantial fashion to a variety of fields. I was able to reawaken and solve some very old problems.” IfsKindProblemAbleRiskFashionFieldsSolveVarietyTaking RisksColossal Author:Benoit Mandelbrot
“In my world [of fashion] there's more things that kind of affect it. There's the retailers we do business with, our own stores, my merchandising team... Everybody has opinions, and so you definitely have to filter through a lot.” WorldKindOpinionTeamFashionStoresFiltersRetailersMerchandising Author:Paul Weller
“I love the silhouettes of the '50s that were feminine and womanly without being too revealing. I've always gravitated towards that kind of sense of style and fashion.” KindFashionStyleFeminineRevealingSilhouettesFashion And StyleWomanly Author:Emmy Rossum
“I think that's something that investment banks have worried about for a long time and are continuing to worry about, but it's not an easy solution when you have lots of people betting the company's money, how do you really allocate those risks? How do you make sure that the people that take the risks are feeling the risks in an appropriate kind of fashion?” PeopleThinkingKindLongFeelingsEasyCompanyWorryRiskFashionLong TimeSolutionsInvestmentWorriedAppropriateContinuingBetting Author:Robert F. Engle
“It's funny: not only with the title of the album but also the song [It's Decided]. I kind of felt nostalgic. The beginning lyric is, "There's almost a sentimental feeling to another time," and when I got together with Kevin, he just absolutely, in his own fashion, just pushed me to go deeper than I usually would want people to know. That was the most difficult part for me was to bring someone in.” PeopleKnowsWantKindFeelingsTogetherSongFeltDifficultFashionDecidedAlbumsDeeperTitlesSentimentalNostalgicKevinAnother Time Author:Andy Kim
“In my family, Fashion was something we never talked about, it was thought of as kind of superficial.” KindFashionMy FamilySuperficial Author:Sonia Rykiel
“Fashion is also a form of art, and like every kind of art, it has its own way of expression. In other words, if a dress looks better on a thin girl, on a catwalk, during a very specific moment of time and space then it's represented as part of a "fashion Show". It is after all a "Show" and it has to be understood by people that it is a "show" and not real life.” PeopleIfsWayLooksKindArtRealMomentsShowsFormGirlSpaceFashionExpressionUnderstoodDressesReal LifeTime And SpaceFashion ShowCatwalk Author:Sonia Rykiel
“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
“I don't really know much about the fashion world. I have a few stylist friends that help me find stuff. So they know all about the vintage fashion world; I just kind of describe to them what I want and they find a lot of it for me.” KnowsWorldWantKindHelpingStuffFashionHelp MeVintageStylistFashion World Author:BØRNS
“Actually, I think what is being shown as beauty in fashion magazines right now has become particularly ugly. This kind of straight, blonde very conservative.” ThinkingKindFashionRight NowConservativeUglyMagazinesBlondeFashion Magazines Author:Nan Goldin
“I think I realize now I was really, really scared to express myself through fashion or certain music or certain TV shows. I was petrified that anyone would ever think I was gay god forbid, and so, once I got over that I kind of could just let myself be.” ThinkingKindShowsCertainRealizingFashionTvsGayScaredTv Shows Author:Troye Sivan
“I think Ugg went out of being something that Kate Moss and Sienna Miller were wearing in high fashion circles and then they were embraced by everyone. Once something reaches that tipping point of mass popularity then suddenly the fashion world is a bit like, "Wah." As you say, you see them less kind of everywhere now so maybe it's time to bring them back.” ThinkingWorldKindBitsFashionMassCirclesPopularityKateMossTippingTipping PointFashion WorldHigh FashionUggs Author:Alexa Chung
“I was working on the book, but in a very subterranean kind of a fashion. And I think that giving yourself permission to respect that, without being lazy and not doing work when you could be doing work and just don't feel like it - that's a different balance that can be complicated to strike.” ThinkingGivingFeelsKindBookDifferentFashionBalanceComplicatedStrikesLazyPermissionGiving YourselfBeing Lazy Author:Emily Barton
“I was the bohemian in my family, the "this is my favorite shoe and I don't care if it has tape around it" kind of person. The tape could become a fashion statement. Or a political statement.” IfsKindPersonsCarePoliticalFashionMy FamilyShoesMy FavoriteDon't CareStatementsI Don't CareTapeBohemianFashion Statement Author:Erykah Badu
“In this post-modern culture in which we live - where people question absolute truth - stories are resistant to platitudes; they're resistant to me making declarations of truth to them. A story can do that in kind of a Trojan-horse fashion.” PeopleKindStoriesCultureCan DoModernFashionHorseAbsolutesPostsDeclarationAbsolute TruthPlatitudesModern CultureTrojansTrojan Horse Author:Max Lucado
“Not to toot my own horn, but I'm kind of easy on the eyes, I have my own swag, I love fashion, I'm not in a relationship, I don't have kids, I can rap and I have a very bold personality, so I can compete with the guys.” KindI CanEyeKidsGuyEasyMy OwnFashionPersonalityRapHornsSwagLove FashionI Love Fashion Author:Tiffany Foxx
“In America there are people advocating for trans rights and people like Vice President Pence, who is vehemently opposed. In Pakistan, too, you have all kinds of folks - from flamboyant gay fashion designers and female Air Force pilots to the Taliban. A cross-dressed man used to be the top TV talk show host. It was actually quite radical. So the diversity of these societies is often lost on people.” PeopleMenKindShowsAmericaUsedLostForcePresidentRightsAirFashionTvsGayDiversityFemaleCrossesFolksVicesAll KindsUsed To BeRadicalDesignerHostPilotsPakistanTransTalibanVice PresidentAdvocatingFashion DesignerAir ForceTalk ShowsFlamboyant Author:Mohsin Hamid
“I always wanted to be a fashion designer and I learned costume illustration in high school. That was an incredible high school. It was more like a college. I'm moving more in that direction, just kind of merchandising my name.” KindWantedSchoolMovingNamesFashionCollegeHigh SchoolIncrediblesDesignerCostumesIllustrationFashion DesignerMerchandising Author:Diana Ross
“I think that these are the kinds of things that we can debate vigorously. We don't have to ultimately divide over them and I think when we debate, we should do so in a collegial fashion, with a great deal of gentleness and humbleness, recognizing that we can learn from one another. Again, even with people who have moved over from the Kingdom of Christ to the kingdom of the cults, we need to treat them with love and with gentleness and with a heart to restore them to proper life and doctrine.” PeopleThinkingNeedsShouldHeartKindChristDealsFashionTreatsMovedDebateKingdomsDoctrineDividesCultRecognizingGentlenessHumbleness Author:Hank Hanegraaff
“Syria is descending into suicide. It's a horror story and getting worse and worse. There's no bright spot on the horizon. What will probably happen, if this continues, is that Syria will be partitioned into probably three regions; a Kurdish region - which is already forming - that could pull out and join in some fashion the semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan, maybe with some kind of deal with Turkey.” KindFashionHorrorSuicideSyria Author:Noam Chomsky
“The thing that makes makeup or clothing or fashion beautiful is the fact that the person wearing them loves themselves and loves being able to kind of use them as artistic tools. And so if I was to give one piece of advice, it would be to find beauty in your core first before you go out into the world and find it in other ways.” WorldGivingKindBeautifulLove IsAdviceFashionArtisticMakeupOne Piece Author:Amandla Stenberg
“I check fashion magazines when I'm published in them to make sure that my work looks good, and then I kind of put it aside.” KindFashion Author:Erik Madigan Heck
“I actually think film and TV are sort of the same thing now. To me they're all motion pictures. There's a camera, a script, other actors and a director. Doing a sitcom is a little different. It's kind of a hybrid, half movie, half play, presented in a proscenium fashion - the camera's on one side of the line, the set on the other, the audience sitting behind the cameras.” ThinkingKindDifferentFilmAudienceFashionSitcomHybrid Author:Alan Ruck
“If you have that spark that inspires other people, if you have a spark that gives resources to other people, that shares in really collaborative fashion, a spark of wit that kind of tells a story that gives people novel perspective of something, that's the kind of charisma that really leads to lasting power. It's not the kind of charisma that's seductive and self-aggrandizing. It's really a sort of a kind of social energy that really brings about the best in other people.” PeopleGivingKindEnergyNovelShareFashionInspirePerspectiveWitSeductiveCharisma Author:Dacher Keltner
“You've got to remind yourself all the time that you're being measured against the fashions of the day, and if your work truly has any kind of staying power, well, people will be talking about it in 20, 30 years.” PeopleKindFashionBeing Me Author:Brian De Palma
“When I look at pictures from when I was younger, I think, "Holy crap, what the hell was I wearing?" I've made it a real mission to fully understand what fashion is all about. I love going to these shows because I love seeing creativity. So when I get to meet these fashion designers, I'm kind of like, "Where did you get the idea to make this? What were you thinking?" Some of that stuff is so crazy and loud.” ThinkingKindRealCreativityHellCrazyFashionHolyDesignerCrapFashion Designer Author:Lewis Hamilton
“The difference between what designers create are you know they're creating a little world every season, you know head to toe, a full look, shoes bags, dresses, the whole thing whereas street fashion is what people are really wearing. There is an element of new. There is an element of previous seasons. There is your own history, you know your sweatshirt from high school and vintage pieces and it's that kind of combination that I find so much more interesting than just the runway, but you know and I love fashion.” PeopleWorldKindSchoolInterestingFashionHigh SchoolDesigner Author:Scott Schuman
“I love going to the runway shows. It's not so much for me a shopping trip as it is the appreciation of the craft of these design geniuses who come up with beautiful color combinations and beautiful proportion suggestions and these kind of ideas, so I look at the runway shows in very different ways, just kind of a romantic artistic interpretation of how they would like to see fashion going forward, but for me it's much more abstract. The runway shows are much more abstract than you know what ends up on people is much more real to me.” PeopleKindDifferentRealBeautifulFashionDesignGeniusAppreciationArtisticAbstract Author:Scott Schuman
“I think that's what really separates me in the world of fashion is I have a real understanding of actual clothes and how they work and how they should fit and a reasonably good artistic version of photography that kind of captures that. I think that was really kind of the best combination.” ThinkingWorldKindRealUnderstandingFashionFitPhotographyArtisticGood ArtGood Artist Author:Scott Schuman
“There's this one photograph of guy I know named Simon. The way he's standing, the background, the way his tie's flipping in the wind-it looks good in the small version, but in the big version, he looks like some kind of Italian fashion superhero or something. Like if the fashion police couldn't handle it, they'd call Simon, wearing a big S on his chest for some kind of fashion superhero.” KindGuyFashionPolicePhotographItalianSuperhero Author:Scott Schuman
“I didn't know I wanted to be a hairdresser. I was always interested in fashion and imagery in a very naive way, but it was always an attraction, like glitter balls. This was in the late '70s, early '80s, so it wasn't like today, where you kind of know all about the industry. Fashion was a very insider industry then - it was very closed. So I didn't really know what I wanted to do.” KindTodayFashionAttractionImageryGlitterHairdresser Author:Guido Palau
“One of my favorite scenes in Fellini is the ecclesiastical fashion show in Roma, and the end of 8 ½, when all the characters in the life of Guido, Marcello Mastroianni, get together and do this grand procession. That was on my mind, especially at the 45th anniversary, when all those characters in Valentino's life returned to Rome. I kept watching that and saying, if only we can arrange that grand procession at the end...and it kind of happened.” MindKindCharacterTogetherFashionSceneMy FavoriteFashion Show Author:Matt Tyrnauer
“I think fashion today is horrible. Just open your eyes and look! What's good about it? There's no originality. Here and there, there is, but in general, en masse, there's very little creativity and very little originality. It's kind of boring. Everybody looks alike. Everybody seems to strive to look alike.” ThinkingKindEyeTodayCreativityFashionStriveBoringHorribleOriginality Author:Iris Apfel
“The woman should learn who she is and what she looks like and try to find the best points of dress accordingly. I also think that being appropriate has gone out of fashion. There are appropriate times to wear appropriate kinds of clothes.” ThinkingTryingKindFashion Author:Iris Apfel
“I combine aspects of fashion, comedy, sculpture, video, painting all kind of in one multimedia sort of curriculum. New York is what gave me that kind of ability or freedom. People come here from all over the world to do something ambitious, and I think New York is really positive in that regard.” PeopleThinkingWorldKindAbilityComedyFashionPaintingAll KindsAmbitious Author:Chloe Wise
“Maybe Japan itself is a little similar in that a lot of young people seem to have a little knowledge but not too much depth. I guess my perception of the art specialists in America or in Europe is that the art people are kind of mainly just the art people and that community is self-contained. But in Japan, it mixes with fashion and other things. I'm sure that many authentic art dealers or insiders didn't like the way that we presented our show in this very pop-y, accessible manner - just showing parts of our collections and selling prints and collaborative products.” PeopleKindArtCommunityFashionPerceptionSellingPrintDealerLittle Knowledge Author:Hiroshi Fujiwara
“It's been fun for me to figure out what I am in the world of fashion. I pull more now from my hometown, the aesthetic of the mountains and Arizona and the old western, vintage kind of vibe mixed with a sort of California bohemia.” WorldKindFunFashionMountainWesternAestheticHometown Author:Zella Day
“I love to work, and to make all kinds of work. But if I work on a fashion story then I work for somebody. If I work for me, for an art project, then I'm not that nervous. It doesn't matter when the photo is done. And if I work on a fashion shoot, then I have access to all these things that I can use later for my art - a still life here or there. I can do all of this while the model is changing.” KindArtDoneFashionAll KindsNervousStill Life Author:Walter Pfeiffer
“Fashion, at modern time, was actually a way for women to go out in the world. There was one painting of a woman sitting at a café, drinking a beer by herself and kind of pretending to read but really watching people, that sort of thing. It fascinated me.” PeopleWorldKindModernFashionPaintingDrinkingBeerPretending Author:Kim Gordon