“I've missed London so much for its fashion. No disrespect to the girls in Manchester, but some really do look like clones - there's a lot of hair extensions and fake tans. You're free to experiment down here.” LooksGirlFashionHairLondonExperimentsFakeExtensionsDisrespectManchesterHair Extensions Author:Kaya Scodelario
“London Fashion Week is so different from any of the others. Compared to the strictness in New York, London seems freer from commercial constraints. Truer to the process, to street style, to a sense of humour.” DifferentSeemsProcessWeekStreetsFashionStyleNew YorkHumourLondonConstraintsFashion Week Author:Alexa Chung
“The '60s in London obviously brought about the explosion of music, the Beatles especially, and then the Rolling Stones and other forms of music, and then fashion and photography and films - kitchen-sink dramas we called them at that time, which was our nouvelle vague in Britain, films that talk about real life.” RealFilmFormFashionDramaPhotographyStonesLondonReal LifeKitchenBritainRollingVagueExplosionsRolling StonesKitchen SinksPhotography And Film Author:Charlotte Rampling
“Many things have changed in our culture here in England as a direct result of the Pistols: the whole street-fashion thing in London, for example, or the coverage of popular culture in the national press, or the fact that the film industry is now about young people making films about young British issues.” PeopleWholeFactsFilmYoungCultureResultsIssuesStreetsFashionExampleChangedIndustryDirectEnglandPressesBritishLondonCoveragePopular CultureFilm IndustryPistolsThings Have Changed Author:Julien Temple
“Women in London are like the rich silks; they are out of fashion a great while before they wear out.” WomenRichFashionLondonSilk Author:Aphra Behn
“The fashions we call English in Paris are French in London, and vice versa. Franco-British hostility vanishes when it comes to questions of words and clothing. God save the King is a tune composed by Lully for a chorus in a play by Racine.” PlayFashionKingsVicesBritishLondonParisTunesClothingsHostilityVice VersaChorusFranco Author:Honore de Balzac
“If anything can be invented more excruciating than an English Opera, such as was the fashion at the time I was in London, I am sure no sin of mine deserves the punishment of bearing it.” IfsSinFashionMinesDeserveLondonPunishmentOpera Book:Woman in the 19th century, and kindred papers relating to the sphere, condition, and duties of woman Source: Woman in the 19th century, and kindred papers relating to the sphere, condition, and duties of woman
“I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.” Has BeensKidsFashionWho You AreLondonStatementsCostumesPersonal Statement Author:Zaha Hadid
“The whole scale and scope of the decorating and fashion business in this country are incomparably grander than in London. Whats thrilling about America in general, and the New York fashion scene in particular, is its optimism. It makes the whole experience energizing and uplifting.” CountryWholeAmericaFashionNew YorkParticularSceneOptimismLondonScalesUpliftingScopeThrillingDecoratingEnergizingFashion Business Author:Hamish Bowles
“In the past, people couldn't place me. They thought that I was Danish or English or French. They never got that I am Italian. I'm not typical, maybe because my visual education was very mixed. There was a lot of London in my aesthetic: The Face, i-D, British music, and a lot of British fashion . . . But I really enjoy this contrast.” PeoplePastFacesEnjoyFashionBritishLondonVisualsItalianAestheticContrastTypicalDanishBritish Music Author:Italo Zucchelli
“In the '70s, if anything, it was a more interesting time in fashion. It was a time when things were changing, especially in London.” IfsInterestingFashionLondonInteresting Times Author:Rei Kawakubo
“I know I wasn't allowed to go to fashion school; I can't cut a dress like Galliano, right? But I had enough wherewithal to go to that studio on my first collection and bring Kim, [stylist] Christine Centenera, Ian Connor, Theophilus London, Virgil Abloh...they all came down to [Vetements/Balenciaga designer] Demna Gvasalia's studio that night and hung out.” KnowsFirstsI CanEnoughSchoolNightCuttingFashionDressesStudiosLondonDesignerCollectionsHungHad EnoughKimStylistChristine Author:Kanye West
“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
“The best city for fashion is Tokyo. You see styles there you won't see in London, Paris, Milan or New York. I also like the fashion scene in Los Angeles - it has a unique look.” LooksCitiesFashionStyleNew YorkSceneUniqueLondonParisLos AngelesTokyoMilan Author:Tommy Hilfiger