“I have a soft spot for cashmere - even though that is not a particularly sustainable fabric, I do invest in quality, so it is sustainable in the sense that it is not just throwaway fashion and I keep it for a long, long time.” LongQualityFashionLong TimeSpotsFabricCashmere Author:Suzy Amis
“Ive been a fashion model for 15 years and designing is just an extension of my career. I still plan on modeling lingerie, but at the same time this is a business transition that I plan to have around for a long time.” YearsLongStillsCareersPlansFashionDesignLong TimeModelsTransitionExtensionsModelingLingerieFashion Model Author:Alessandra Ambrosio
“For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff.” PeopleThinkingLongHas BeensStuffFashionLong TimeDisappointedAffordable Author:Olivier Theyskens
“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
“All the young people in fashion worship the people who have been around a long time. I think it is about keeping something going through the generations. Take my work: Just because I'm not 20 anymore doesn't mean that people don't appreciate what I do.” PeopleThinkingMeanLongHas BeensYoungGenerationsFashionWorshipLong TimeAppreciate Author:Alber Elbaz
“My whole background was with bands, so I always thought of "fashion" as performative. It took me a long time to bridge the gap between my music and what I was studying in school, [which was] dance and being a performer.” LongWholeSchoolStudyFashionBandLong TimeBackgroundsBridgesGapsPerformers Author:Le1f
“I've been designing my own pieces for a long time. My mother's a jewelry designer, so we knew at some point we were going to do a line and dive into the fashion world.” WorldLongMotherLinesMy OwnPiecesFashionDesignLong TimeDesignerJewelryFashion World Author:Christian Serratos
“I don't think fashion has to change every five minutes. I'd like these to be clothes you can wear for a long time - ten, 20 years; pass on to your daughter. Why buy vintage when you can open your own closet!” ThinkingYearsLongFiveMinutesFashionTenClothesLong TimeDaughterClosetsFive MinutesVintageOur DaughterYour Daughter Author:Tom Ford
“Growing up in that fashion is a breeding ground for insecurity and doubt; it also leaves you questioning motives. It took me a long time to see the world as I want it without constantly looking for approval. I still fall, but I'm better suited for survival.” WorldWantLongStillsFallGrowing UpDoubtGrowingFashionSurvivalLong TimeMotiveInsecurityApprovalQuestioningBreeding Author:Damon Runyon
“When artists connect to a system because they want to make a living, it's their own choice. In fashion, designers don't have that choice. I know everybody mentions Azzedine Alaïa, but he's been going for a long time in the system - showing to people, selling to clients - and I think it's admirable how he's transformed it into his own system in a way, but it's still a system.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWantLongStillsArtistChoicesFashionLong TimeSellingDesignerTransformedClientsAdmirableFashion Designer Author:Raf Simons
“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
“That's what I tried to create, even though they are new pieces. I wanted them to feel like very special pieces that you can hold on to for a long time. I didn't want them to be too high fashion, I wanted them to be more timeless.” WantFeelsLongWantedPiecesSpecialFashionLong TimeTimelessHigh Fashion Author:Julia Restoin Roitfeld
“Generally I still believe that Lewis [Hamilton] is the best champion that we have had in a long, long time. He manages to get to all different walks of life: red carpet, fashion business, and music - you name it.” BelieveLongStillsDifferentNamesWalksFashionLong TimeRedManageChampionCarpetRed CarpetI Still BelieveWalks Of LifeHamiltonDifferent Walks Of LifeFashion Business Author:Bernie Ecclestone