“I'm based in Atlanta so there weren't a lot of people to talk to about fashion because no one was really doing it on the scale that I wanted to do it. I had to do a lot of research on my own.” PeopleWantedMy OwnFashionResearchScalesAtlanta Author:Fred Foster
“Fashion costs money, but songs are free. You can write them for free and you can sing them for free and they can infect those around you or the people from the future and they can sing them for free too.” PeopleWritingSongFashionCost Author:Scott McClanahan
“As a slave [to fashion], I can be very dramatic and very demanding of myself and of the people I work with.” PeopleI CanFashionSlaveDramatic 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
“I don't really care what people say. If I'm wearing, like, a tie-dye onesie and I'm in the middle of the desert, I'm not doing it for fashion points; I'm doing it because it's fun or it makes me feel good.” PeopleIfsFeelsCareFunMiddleFashionFeel GoodDesertTiesTie Dye Author:Jared Leto
“Each year, several million people are looking for new clothes. The fashion they are looking at cannot be too expensive, but it has to be stylish.” PeopleYearsMillionsFashionClothesExpensiveStylishNew Clothes Author:Luciano Benetton
“One of the fashion things I ever did was for Helmut Lang for Visionaire magazine and I used people from all genders. People from the age of 18 - like James King - to people like my friend Sharon [Stone] who's about 50 or older. People of all different shapes and literally all different genders and my boyfriend at the time and his daughter who was 11.” PeopleDifferentAgeUsedFashionKingsShapesDaughterMy FriendsStonesGenderMagazinesMy BoyfriendOlder PeopleSharon Author:Nan Goldin
“The idea that a fashion photograph could make you cry doesn't happen. And I'm proud to say that my slideshows can make people cry.” PeopleIdeasHappensFashionCryProudPhotographMake You Cry Author:Nan Goldin
“Chocolate and candy. That's what we brought in to our friends. We worked in East Berlin with other artists who were smuggled out to come work in the Western Bloc. It was extraordinary because people in East Berlin just wanted to know what was happening. Music. Fashion. The news. All of the things we get every day.” PeopleKnowsWantedArtistFashionNewsHappeningsWesternExtraordinaryEastChocolateCandyBerlinEast Berlin Author:Whoopi Goldberg
“I'm frequently introduced as a fashion designer, and I quickly say I'm not, and instantly people are incredibly disappointed and think that I'm some sort of charlatan who's been perpetuating this falsehood.” PeopleThinkingFashionDesignerDisappointedFalsehoodFashion DesignerCharlatansPerpetuating Author:Tim Gunn
“The ability to look at certain patterns with regards to urban fashion, with regards to swagger, with regards to cultural hegemony, with regards to the ways in which young people look at resistance culture as a pattern that should be mimicked and admired.” PeopleWayShouldLooksYoungCertainCultureAbilityFashionRegardPatternsResistanceUrbanSwaggerHegemony Author:Kehinde Wiley
“This is a time where fashion and style go against what I would rather do myself. So I have to pick and choose from people that share my enthusiasm when it comes to certain things.” PeopleCertainShareFashionStylePicksEnthusiasmFashion And Style Author:T.I.
“I was 17 when I moved to NYC . I'm now 32. But I do know I can't see myself living anywhere else. I love the food, the fashion, art, the intelligence of this city and the people that live in it.” PeopleKnowsArtI CanCitiesFashionMovedNyc Author:Misty Copeland
“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
“Most of the people you look at in the early days of Harlem - the zoot suits, the music, the style of fashion, the vibrant colors - that's all influences from the south.” PeopleLooksInfluenceFashionStyleColorSouthSuitsHarlemVibrant Colors Author:Mike Colter
“I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It's about space and form and it's something you can share with other people.” PeopleFormSpaceShareFashionBuildingDevelopmentArchitectureFurnitureProceduresTactile Author:Donna Karan
“But the judge would have to be people in the fashion world and a bunch of random girls. Because guys in the league aren't trying to impress guys in the league. They're trying to impress people who have clout in the fashion world and women.” PeopleWorldTryingGuyGirlFashionJudgingBunchLeagueImpressCloutFashion World Author:Iman Shumpert
“In Paris, I didn't want to be friends with people in fashion. I wanted to get into a philosophical society where all the thinking men were.” PeopleThinkingMenWantWantedFashionPhilosophicalParisThinking Man Author:Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
“[My fashion] line is inspired by real people, so I guess you could say it was listening to them, what they need, what they want and then translating that into coming from me.” PeopleWantNeedsRealLinesFashionListeningInspiredTranslate Author:Zendaya
“This has been a huge problem for a very long period of time that we have, that Mexico's economy and Mexico's socialist orientation makes it so that people want to come to the United States in such numbers. I wish that we could figure out a way to do this in a legal fashion because I believe in the Latino culture.” PeopleWayWantBelieveLongHas BeensStatesProblemCultureI BelieveWishUnitedNumbersUnited StatesEconomyFashionFiguresHugePeriodsI Believe InMexicoSocialistLatinoOrientationLong Periods Of TimeLatino Culture Author:Andrew Breitbart
“I hope people will put aside Tom Ford the fashion designer and think about Tom Ford the filmmaker.” PeopleThinkingFashionFilmmakerDesignerTomsFashion Designer Author:Tom Ford
“Moral values includes the immorality of 45 million uninsured or the immorality of working people who are having trouble raising a family despite working full-time. That has to be part of the moral equation. And if we are able to frame things in that fashion, then I think we can be successful.” PeopleIfsThinkingAbleValuesMoralMillionsSuccessfulTroubleFashionDespiteBeing SuccessfulEquationsImmoralityMoral ValuesRaising A Family Author:Barack Obama
“Technology gives big access, and you get more people who are interested in fashion. You can reach many more people now.” PeopleGivingBigsTechnologyFashionAccess Author:Delphine Arnault
“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
“When I think back to my influences and icons musically, they were my icons musically because, for example, I would look at Rakim and be like man he said the freshest things and then I look at him and he would have on the pair of Nikes that I wanted and I'm like, "ma' please!" It was everything. Now, I sort of feel like if you are fresh then your music doesn't have to be that good because people are so keyed into the fashion. That's just the times I guess.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenFeelsLooksSaidWantedInfluenceFashionExamplePleasePairsIconsNike Author:Pusha T
“Fashion right now, people are so...everything is driven by the aesthetic.” PeopleFashionRight NowDrivenAesthetic Author:Pusha T
“I like some of the oversized silhouettes. It's a nice change and exudes ease. Also like the upmarket street wear. It's fashion that reaches people where they live but looks polished.” PeopleLooksNiceStreetsFashionEasePolishedSilhouettes Author:Robin Givhan
“I have a new rule where I only follow fashion people on Instagram.” PeopleFashionInstagram Author:Jen Kirkman
“I think we're going to see a move away from that, because young people - digital natives who spend their life on the Internet - get saturated. It's like a fashion trend, and becomes a sign of a lack of sophistication.” PeopleThinkingMovingYoungFashionInternetDigitalTrendsSophisticationSaturatedFashion Trends Author:Edward Snowden
“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
“I didn't really understand fashion until I started going to Paris and seeing the ateliers and how hard these people work. It's art.” PeopleArtHardSeeingFashionParisWorking It Author:Reese Witherspoon
“Costumes, fashion, it's all an expression of self, and the more you push the boundaries - the more that people work at creating alternative ideas - the more it changes people's ideas of beauty.” PeopleIdeasSelfFashionExpressionCreatingBoundariesAlternativesCostumes Author:Reese Witherspoon
“Fashion is fun, and fashion is a form of art and self-expression. And I think it should have a wink-wink nature to it. For me, it's about the way it makes you feel. If you want to feel sexy, you want to feel bright, you want to feel good. That's what people are attracted to - when they see you execute an emotion or an idea clearly and proudly.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantFeelsShouldArtIdeasSelfFormFunEmotionFashionExpressionShould HaveSexyFeel GoodSelf Expression Author:Zoe Kravitz
“The only people who really love the '80s are millennials. We had Reagan and Bush for our entire youth, the culture was terrible, the fashions were terrible, the movies were terrible.” PeopleCultureFashionYouthTerrible80sMillennials Author:Brett Morgen
“I never thought I'd be doing poetry books. I never really studied poetry. But the first one I did was after my mother died, and I realized that people sort of think and talk about her style and fashion, but in fact, what made her the person she was was really her love of reading and ideas.” PeopleThinkingFirstsPersonsMadeBookIdeasFactsMotherReadingFashionStyleDiedI RealizedLove Of ReadingFashion And StyleMother Died Author:Caroline Kennedy
“I focus on fashion of course, I love it. I may go buy an outfit and get dressed just to sit on the couch and watch TV at the crib so on the outside looking in people cold better word it. It's really me just being me.” PeopleMayCoursesWatchesFocusFashionTvsColdJust BeingCouchesBeing MeOutside Looking InJust Being Me Author:Lil Herb
“I don't have a nightlife. People say, "You need these cocktail dresses for all the receptions" - except I don't go, because we have no idea if we are going to be in session. But my husband has encouraged me to, shall we say, keep up with fashion.” PeopleIfsNeedsIdeasFashionHusbandDressesNo IdeaMy HusbandSessionCocktailsReceptionNightlifeCocktail Dresses Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Fashion and all that it implies - hair, makeup - is an art form. If you look organized and well presented, people think that you're organized in your mind and you take pride in yourself. And besides, it's fun. Isn't it fun?” PeopleIfsThinkingMindWellsLooksArtFormFunFashionHairPrideOrganizedMakeupPride In Yourself Author:Nancy Pelosi
“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
“There are so many empty headed people in the fashion business who take themselves way too seriously and I don't think I am at all like one of them. To me there are lots more important things in the world than just having the right shoes!” PeopleThinkingWorldWayImportantFashionEmptyImportant ThingsShoesFashion Business Author:Iris Apfel
“As someone who is obsessed with fashion, I personally own non-vegan materials and am very open about that. I don't think it's right to pretend to be someone you're not to get sales. People know me on a real level because of how open I am in my videos. It was a simple choice: I didn't want to exclude anyone, that wasn't fair. I wanted EVERY customer to be able to wear my art. And it's morally right. End of story.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantArtRealEndsStoriesAbleWantedChoicesSimpleLevelsFashionMaterialsFairsCustomersVideoObsessedVeganKnow MeSales People Author:Jeffree Star
“I think in L.A. everybody has a really cool flare, trendy style here. I think I kinda adapt be it I'm a little more trendy in L.A. Somewhere in New York, I could literally sit at a café and have a cappuccino and watch people walk by and it's like a fashion show to me. Compared to somewhere like Miami where I literally wear beachwear all day and I can walk around barefoot. My style is consistent. It may bend a little bit according to cities, but that's about it.” PeopleThinkingMayLittlesI CanShowsBitsWalksCitiesWatchesFashionStyleNew YorkLittle BitConsistentReally CoolMiamiBarefootTrendyFlareFashion ShowCappuccino Author:Kelly Rowland
“I think it's really good not to get published. It sounds crazy but it's true. People want to get published very soon, but the moment that happens, you lose a bit of your originality. Once you publish, you are always doing things made-to-order. You stop being a weaver and become a tailor. You are tailoring things to suit other people's fashion.” PeopleThinkingWantMadeMomentsHappensOrderBitsSoundLosesCrazyFashionSuitsOriginalityPublishTailorsWeaversTrue People Author:Sarnath Banerjee
“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
“I've always loved so many different things about social media and music and art and fashion. I always loved it. But I've been too scared to jump into it, knowing that people would be upset about it. So that's why I hid from it. And now, I'm not afraid to be myself.” PeopleArtDifferentFashionScaredSocial MediaUpsetNot Afraid Author:McKayla Maroney
“I was never pop-music taken seriously when I was taught. But some people who agree with you will like your music, and some who don't agree with you will like your music. I think that if you can approach things in a universal fashion and speak rationally about things, then most people do have similar intrinsic values. They don't - or at least they feel that they shouldn't - want other people to suffer. They want a good life for them and their own.” PeopleThinkingSufferingValuesSpeakTakenFashionLike YouAgreeGood Life Author:Nellie McKay
“A song is what you fall in love with first, but then I think a band's ideals and a band's sense of fashion and a sense of how they treat people is what you fall in love with afterwards.” PeopleThinkingSongFallFashionFalling In Love Author:James Taylor
“95% of being a success in the competitive world of fashion is just showing up on time and being there. I don't know how I knew that when I was younger. You have to stick around for people to remember you.” PeopleWorldRememberFashionBeing There Author:Beverly Johnson
“I can go to parties all the time and not see people I want to work with, but then sometimes I do, and the way I try to describe it is that I like to refer to art history a lot in my paintings, and there are some people who just have a face that feels like art historical. Like they could be in a Tiepolo painting as a person riding through the sky in a chariot, or she could be in a fashion magazine.” PeopleTryingArtSometimesPartyFashionPaintingHistoricalArt History Author:Will Cotton
“It would be great if everybody got a conscience. If we started to take more responsibility for the pollution in the world caused by the fashion industry, and to produce less, but better-thought-out goods. Then it becomes worth saving up to buy something beautifully-designed because you can and will keep it, rather than buying a bunch of disposable fashion items you'll probably wear once before throwing away and adding to the waste stockpile. I do think people used to buy clothing with a more thoughtful approach.” PeopleThinkingWorldResponsibilityFashionConscienceThoughtfulPollutionFashion Industry Author:Maria Cornejo