“I like to find the beauty in the ugly. When I'm in a thrift store, I gravitate toward pieces I know I'll wear a ton, and insane pieces that I'm sure most people would consider gross. But I find them inspiring. Our van is currently stocked with some of my random findings from this tour. Maybe I'll call my aesthetic 'van fashion.” PeopleKnowsPiecesFashionFindingsUglyStoresInsaneAestheticGrossVansThrift Author:Victoria Legrand
“I have always been interested in fashion as an informing design discipline: proportion structure, detail, materiality, texture, color and quality. With a heightened interest in, and an awareness of the built environment, the 'store' has become a critical, perceptual and psychological component of merchandising as well as imaging. Architecture and fashion are partners.” WellsInterestQualityEnvironmentAwarenessFashionDesignColorDisciplineBuiltStructureDetailsCriticalStoresArchitecturePartnersPsychologicalProportionComponentsTextureInformingImagingMaterialityMerchandisingBuilt Environment Author:Charles Gwathmey
“I think the relationship is very tenuous between fashion and art. Many designers have built relationships with artists, which is not something I personally did. But it's true, sometimes you see artists working for a designer or a brand on some specific project or taking care of their environment and making an amazing store.” ThinkingArtSometimesCareArtistEnvironmentFashionProjectsBuiltStoresBrandsDesignerFashion And Art Author:Olivier Theyskens
“Perfume has a long and fascinating history and the beautifully crafted bottles used to store it over the centuries demonstrate its importance. Each has mirrored the latest tastes in fashion technology, design and art.” LongArtUsedTechnologyCenturyFashionDesignTasteImportanceStoresFascinatingBottlesPerfumeDesign And Art Author:Judith Miller
“Most brands that are called luxury brands today are not true luxury brands. The globalization of fashion and luxury means you now find the same luxury brands in every city. The stores look the same, the products are the same. It is still a very good quality product but it is now readily available to everyone. It's a kind of mass luxury.” LooksKindMeanStillsTodayCitiesQualityFashionProductsMassVery GoodAvailableStoresLuxuryBrandsGlobalizationGood Quality Author:Monita Rajpal
“Anyone who thinks designers don't talk to editors, and editors don't talk to stores doesn't know what's happening...It's called crossover, sampling all references in music, art and fashion.” ThinkingKnowsArtFashionHappeningsStoresDesignerEditorsCrossoverSampling Author:Marc Jacobs
“I started getting orders from some of the leading stores Fred Segal, Bergdorf Goodman. I realized then that my bags were being noticed by the fashion world.” WorldOrderFashionStoresI RealizedBagsFashion WorldGoodmanBergdorf Goodman Author:Kate Spade
“I do love a bit of fashion. I grew up around a lot of it as my mum and dad had clothing stores so my mum was always designing a lot, and I definitely had that as an influence.” BitsInfluenceFashionDesignGrewDadGrew UpStoresClothingsMumMum And Dad Author:Leona Lewis
“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 have an eight-year-old girl and she does have some appreciation for fashion, but she's stuck in that: "Oh my God, this is cute" phase, so when I go shopping with her and my wife, I can only last about 10 minutes before I have to start exploring other parts of the store.” YearsDoeI CanLastsGirlWifeMinutesFashionAppreciationEightMy WifeStoresStuckCuteShoppingPhasesExploring Author:Bode Miller