“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
“I don't like it when a woman looks like a fashion victim. Some women think that if the look this season is minis, they have to wear minis. If you don't have great legs, there are plenty of alternatives.” ThinkingFashionVictimPlenty Author:Ralph Lauren
“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
“I think a lot of people would assume that my job is more about supermodels and naked ladies and all that, and no, it's just really about fashion, merchandise and customers. So the obviously sexy parts - you get to go to the fashion show and all that stuff. It's really just business. That's my story. I'm sticking to it.” PeopleThinkingFashionAssumingSexySupermodelFashion Show Author:Les Wexner
“I think when you grow up living next to your grandparents and cousins and you're 300 meters from the family offices and the setting of your after-school games is the fashion atelier, it can be hard to see yourself as an individual. It's quite understandable that a young person might feel the need to prove themselves as a single entity first.” ThinkingIndividualGrowing UpFashionProveOfficeGrandparentCousin Author:Margherita Missoni
“I think fashion is fashion: Sometimes you dress people that you don't know, and sometimes you dress people that you actually know.” PeopleThinkingSometimesFashion Author:Olivier Rousteing
“I wish fashion would have changed a bit more; obviously, there is change, but it's not enough - for example, I don't think there's enough diversity in fashion on the catwalk, in magazines. I really would love to push that more.” ThinkingEnoughWishFashionChangedDiversity Author:Olivier Rousteing
“Sometimes I feel fashion is not open-minded enough. We need to push the old crowd to believe in what I believe, in the new generation. I remember when I started, my campaigns and and how I connected my love for music with fashion were a tiny bit controversial because they were like, 'How can you bring hip-hop or music into a luxury world?' or 'How you can be so connected to digital and use social media in luxury world?' Now it's changed, obviously, for the best, but I still think that we could push a bit more.” ThinkingWorldBelieveSometimesEnoughRememberI BelieveFashionChangedSocial MediaRemember WhenControversial Author:Olivier Rousteing
“I think the only word I can use to describe what I'm doing today is feeling free. Of course, it's a business - it's about money at the end of the day, but it's about ideas as well. When you treat fashion only like a business, you're not going to go anywhere; when you push on that, we have the chance to express ourselves.” ThinkingFeelingsTodayChanceFashion Author:Olivier Rousteing
“We can use our art to become political, to become something you want to talk about. We make clothes, but we have the chance to change a generation as well. We have to remember that fashion changed the roles of men and women: When Yves Saint Laurent was putting pants on a woman, he was not only doing that - he was assuming the fact that a woman can wear pants like a man. It's all the codes that I think fashion pushed so much to change the world, and today it's what I'm trying to do in my own way.” ThinkingMenWorldTryingArtTodayRememberPoliticalChanceFashionChangedMen And WomenAssumingSaintCodeChanging The World Author:Olivier Rousteing
“I don't ever think about being a straight man in fashion. It's fine from my perspective. There are a lot of straight men in fashion, believe it or not. But it's fine. Journalists seem to be really interested in it.” ThinkingMenBelieveFashionPerspectiveJournalist Author:Giles Deacon
“I worked at a bunch of salons, and at one, a girl was going out to do a photo shoot for a women's magazine and brought me along to assist her. I remember going on that shoot and thinking, "God, this is great. It's creative, and you get to work with all of these other creative people." At that point I decided that hair would be my in to fashion and all the things I thought I would enjoy - and did enjoy.” PeopleThinkingRememberGirlEnjoyCreativeFashionCreative People Author:Guido Palau
“I think the essence of fashion is lightness, frivolity, and I'm very nostalgic for the time when Bérard was doing the windows, Cocteau was writing a play, Chanel did the costumes, Bérard did the sets. I don't have to tell you this, because Colette was the first to have revived the Rue St.-Honoré by precisely doing windows that attract people. And I really like that spontaneous spirit. And so, you're lucky to be with Colette, because it's a magic word.” PeopleThinkingWritingSpiritMagicFashionLuckyWindowSpontaneousNostalgicFrivolity Author:Ines de La Fressange
“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 biggest mistake people are making when it comes to fashion is looking in the mirror and thinking you're somebody else. People sit and watch the runway and then some nice little plump lady in Squeedunk will see Angelina Jolie in a very glamorous dress from the runway and she thinks if she buys that dress she'll look like her. It's sad, but it's true.” PeopleThinkingMistakeNiceFashionGlamorousBiggest MistakeSome Nice 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
“Talking, texting or tweeting on your phone is the worst in any social situation. I went to a lunch during Paris Fashion Week, and I managed to steal a few moments with Lee Radziwill - who I think is perhaps the classiest woman alive - and she said this is her biggest pet peeve too. So I'm in good company.” ThinkingMomentsSituationWeekWorstFashionStealingPetGood CompanyPeevesPet Peeve Author:Derek Blasberg
“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
“I think seeing is about truly looking, observing, and taking things in with an open mind. It's easy to see things at face value but some of the most beautiful things are not apparent at first glance. The works that stick with me and that I find to be most beautiful are often not aesthetically inviting right off the bat. So I think having an open mind and allowing the lines to blur between art, music, fashion, food, what have you, all leads to cultivating a much more open and enjoyable aesthetic sensibility.” ThinkingMindArtBeautifulValuesEasyFashionAestheticBeautiful ThingsSensibilityObservingEnjoyableOpen MindBlur Author:Chloe Wise
“I still feel like I'm really into fashion. I even think sneakers are a fashion item as well. I'm still into sneakers and clothes. Even though I don't wear or buy those things, I find that I'm still like looking for them. I can't wear it, but I still think it's interesting when I see it.” ThinkingInterestingFashion Author:Hiroshi Fujiwara
“I think in the same way you find a song that you feel represents the way you feel on the inside, that's for me what fashion is all about. It's sort of an external expression of an internal feeling.” ThinkingFeelingsSongFashion Author:Reeve Carney
“You're taught that you need to please magazines, to please the fashion elite, and that if you do everything the right way, everyone is going to love you. But I decided not to follow some of the rules. My girls from the runway were not just models - they were soldiers. They helped me bring my ideas to life. I was talking about sexiness, about diversity, about different shapes of bodies. I was following my instincts and learning that it would not please the fashion elite. And I think this is the real luxury, to be free to express yourself. Freedom is luxury to me.” ThinkingDifferentRealGirlLove YouFashionDiversityInstinctSoldierExpress YourselfMy GirlSexiness Author:Olivier Rousteing
“Because I worked in fashion, I know that I like fashion. Haute couture is a form of art that I can appreciate. I'm definitely not someone who wakes up every day and thinks about what I'm going to wear, but on the red carpet, it's reflective of the mood I'm in, or the movie I'm going to represent.” ThinkingArtFashionAppreciateWake UpMoodCarpetRed Carpet Author:Diane Kruger
“When I approach a collection, I never think too much about myself, because doing fashion and being a designer, you need to dream. Of course, there's always a part of myself. I'm always wearing what I'm doing. I'm not a party girl, but when I have the opportunity to go out and dance and be crazy for a night, that's the fall/winter collection.” ThinkingDreamNightFallGirlOpportunityPartyCrazyFashionWinterDesignerBeing Crazy Author:Frida Giannini
“I think fashion is the only thing I'm fully suited to do because I am super impatient, which I think is a good thing for fashion. I could never work on something for two years. I would do 20 things and finish none of them. I always admire people who have that ability to sustain something for that long a period.” PeopleThinkingLongAbilityFashionGood ThingsAdmireImpatient Author:Reed Krakoff