“Alexander McQueen's heartbreakingly premature death, at the height of his creativity and influence, has robbed the fashion world of a soaring and unique talent.” WorldCreativityInfluenceTalentFashionUniqueHeightSoarPrematureMcqueenFashion WorldPremature DeathUnique Talents Author:Hamish Bowles
“I went to Bergdorf Goodman as an assistant in the fashion office and that was really my first exposure into the world of retail. Dawn Mello was president at the time and she had just left Gucci where she found Tom Ford.” WorldFirstsFoundLeftPresidentFashionOfficeDawnTomsExposureAssistantsRetailGucciGoodmanBergdorf Goodman Author:Roopal Patel
“I love clothes, I love the world of fashion, I'm really fascinated by it. It's something that's always been in the back of my mind, and if time, energy and money permits, I would absolutely love to design a line someday.” IfsWorldMindEnergyLinesFashionDesignClothesSomedayPermitFascinatedOf My Mind Author:Ryan Follese
“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
“I hadn't really been in that world for too long. It was fun for me, but definitely wasn't my world. When I went to my first Paris Fashion Week, I had been invited to the Louis Vuitton show by Nicolas. We met there. It was all organic and fun for me.” WorldFirstsLongShowsFunWeekFashionMetsParisInvitedFashion WeekLouis VuittonParis Fashion Author:Selena Gomez
“I always try to connect with what's happening in the world-reality, modernity, the 21st century, all that - and with Jil it started to feel very disconnected from the outside and how women were looking at fashion, experiencing fashion, interpreting fashion.” WorldFeelsTryingRealityCenturyFashionHappenings21st CenturyModernityDisconnectedInterpreting Author:Raf Simons
“I think it's different in fashion, because even if I would be an outsider, I would still be in the middle of the whole world of contemporary fashion. But it's interesting to think what outsider fashion could be. Does it mean to be completely disconnected from the regular system or just disconnected style-wise?” IfsThinkingWorldMeanDoeStillsDifferentWholeWould BeInterestingWiseMiddleFashionStyleWhole WorldContemporaryOutsidersDisconnected Author:Raf Simons
“I have met a few people, who are so respected in the fashion industry and all around the world, and are still very humble. People who have it all but act like they only just started, it's beautiful. This is what I want to be.” PeopleWorldWantStillsBeautifulFashionIndustryMetsHumbleAround The WorldFashion Industry Author:Benjamin Clementine
“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 think the world is really small today, and fashion, from that end of it, it's instantaneous everywhere.” ThinkingWorldEndsTodayFashionInstantaneous Author:Paul Weller
“I was thrown into the fashion world, dating models - and you'd read about me dating a new starlet every month. That's just where my life was. But I've grown up a lot.” WorldFashionMonthsModelsDatingThrownFashion WorldStarlets Author:Stephen Dorff
“I think it's changing is that business is not as good as it was and it has become a real question in the world of fashion. You see, bags and shoes don't take on the seasonal quality that fashion does. A black leather bag can be good in any season, but you can't say the same about fashion, particularly about fabrication.” ThinkingWorldDoeRealBlackQualityFashionSeasonsShoesBe GoodBagsLeatherReal QuestionsFabrication Author:Donna Karan
“Many of the customers here are traveling all over the world so they need multiple types of clothes. That's one thing about Urban Zen - it is seasonless and it is timeless. So it's not about the fashion of a moment saying, "I have to have it now." It's something that you become a part of...sort of like a sari.” WorldNeedsMomentsOne ThingFashionTypeClothesCustomersMultipleUrbanTimelessSari Author:Donna Karan
“I always wanted to be a part of Nicolas Winding Refn world, but knew he would never make a movie that has a teenage girl as a lead. Obviously not. Then I heard he was and it was in the fashion world. What? Just combining what we think of [with Refn] - masculinity and violence - in his films with that world was so interesting to me.” ThinkingWorldWantedFilmGirlInterestingViolenceHeardFashionTeenageMasculinityCombiningTeenage GirlFashion World Author:Elle Fanning
“I have always wanted to branch off and become a fashion guru. I want to share my artistic views with the world.” WorldWantWantedViewsShareFashionArtisticBranchesGuru Author:A. J. McLean
“I did not plan to have such a career in the fashion world. All that I wanted, was to have ten kids and raise them!” WorldKidsWantedCareersPlansFashionTenRaisesFashion World Author:Sonia Rykiel
“My parents never mentioned anything about fashion in our household, instead we used to talk about literature, theatre, and arts...this is why I have kept a real relation with the Art world, by putting books from the beginning in my shops' windows.” WorldArtBookRealUsedLiteratureParentFashionWindowRelationTheatreShopsHouseholdArt WorldShop Windows Author:Sonia Rykiel
“The fashion industry is a free world, with creative codes that can be hardly considered sometimes, but it's also up to women to create their own style, and own trend.” WorldSometimesCreativeFashionStyleIndustryCodeTrendsFashion IndustryFree World Author:Sonia Rykiel
“I like comfortable clothes. Most men in the world wear T-shirts every day and jeans. I wanted to always put my street style to the high fashion looks and just make it comfortable and make it look stylish.” MenWorldLooksWantedStreetsFashionStyleComfortableClothesShirtsJeansT ShirtStylishHigh Fashion Author:Tyga
“Marriage is not comfortable and harmonious. Rather it is a place of individuation where a person rubs up against oneself and against the partner, bumps up against the person in love and in rejection, and in this fashion learns to know oneself, the world, good and evil, the heights and the depths.” KnowsWorldLovePersonsAgeEvilFashionComfortableDepthOneselfPartnersHeightRejectionGood And EvilHarmoniousBumpsKnowing OneselfIndividuation Author:Adolph Guggenbuhl-Craig
“I don't really know much about the fashion world. I have a few stylist friends that help me find stuff. So they know all about the vintage fashion world; I just kind of describe to them what I want and they find a lot of it for me.” KnowsWorldWantKindHelpingStuffFashionHelp MeVintageStylistFashion World Author:BØRNS
“I have no ambivalence about myself wearing make-up or designer clothes but I have an enormous ambivalence about what the fashion world has done to women.” WorldDoneFashionClothesEnormousDesignerAmbivalenceFashion WorldDesigner Clothes Author:Nan Goldin
“I'm not ashamed of my body and you know everything in the fashion world, if I was vulnerable to it, could drive me crazy. I think it produces so much self-hatred.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldSelfBodyCrazyFashionProduceHatredVulnerableAshamedSelf HatredDrive Me CrazyFashion World Author:Nan Goldin
“At this point in my career, I have the privilege of choosing my partners. In the beginning, you more or less take what comes in the door - or what matches up with your brand. But you're always subject to what's available, especially in the ski world where there are not infinite choices, especially on the fashion side.” WorldChoicesSidesCareersDoorsSubjectsFashionInfinitePrivilegeAvailablePartnersBrandsSkis Author:Bode Miller
“Can I tell you who is the most important fashion icon in the world? Queen Elizabeth of England. Think about that. She has never put her foot anywhere wrong and always looks fantastic.” ThinkingWorldLooksImportantFeetFashionEnglandFantasticQueensIconsFashion IconQueen Elizabeth Author:Carolina Herrera
“Through fashion I have shown my interpretation of the competitive spirit by dressing sportsmen and women, choosing to work with both those who are among the world's most renowned athletes and also those who are yet to achieve fame in the arena of sport.” WorldSpiritSportsAchieveFashionFameMen And WomenAthleteInterpretationArenaDressingsSportsmanRenownedCompetitive Spirit Author:Giorgio Armani
“Without a doubt, first thing we should do is clean up our fiscal house, and that starts with balancing our budgets and digging out of this red ink. We cannot expect to continue in this fashion and remain the leader of the free world.” WorldShouldFirstsHouseLeaderDoubtFashionRedCleanBudgetsInkDiggingFree WorldDigging Ditches Author:Marcy Kaptur
“I think Ugg went out of being something that Kate Moss and Sienna Miller were wearing in high fashion circles and then they were embraced by everyone. Once something reaches that tipping point of mass popularity then suddenly the fashion world is a bit like, "Wah." As you say, you see them less kind of everywhere now so maybe it's time to bring them back.” ThinkingWorldKindBitsFashionMassCirclesPopularityKateMossTippingTipping PointFashion WorldHigh FashionUggs Author:Alexa Chung
“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
“When I first covered [presidential election ] in 2008, I was asking questions for kids around the world, but mainly for myself. I didn't know the process, I didn't know how it worked. Now, of course, I'm more schooled on it, but I deal with so much politics in my fashion work and in Hollywood, that I haven't been as connected this time.” KnowsWorldFirstsKidsCoursesProcessDealsKnow HowFashionHavensHollywoodAskingElectionConnectedAround The WorldPresidentialCoveredAsking QuestionsSchooledPresidential Election Author:Lily Collins
“The belief in the '70s was that music was changing the world. I never believed that it had that great an effect. The effect Madonna had on fashion and sort of mores of young girls was a bigger deal than anything Dylan may have said, even.” WorldMaySaidYoungGirlBeliefDealsEffectsFashionBiggerChanging The WorldDylan Author:Randy Newman
“I didn't know about the fashion world, or at least I took it for slightly superficial. I didn't realize the extent of it.” KnowsWorldRealizingFashionSuperficialFashion World Author:Tom Riley
“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
“While it's nice to appreciate the fashion world... what makes you happy are real relationships and the moments you share with loved ones.” WorldRealMomentsNiceShareFashionAppreciateLoved OnesMake You HappyFashion WorldReal Relationship Author:Miranda Kerr
“The media should be a mirror of society, and the world is diverse. So I mean, why shouldn't the fashion industry be diverse? It's just so simple. To me it's ABC, you know? It should not even be explained. It should just be the way it is.” KnowsWorldWayShouldMeanSimpleMediaFashionIndustryMirrorsDiverseFashion Industry Author:Bianca Balti
“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
“I think we could benefit from world history that is specifically taught in a multi-faceted fashion that allows for an understanding that perspectives on truth can be very different. I'm an advocate of an approach that endeavors to foster empathy and which tries to find a common humanity across the divide.” ThinkingWorldTryingDifferentHumanityUnderstandingCommonFashionTaughtPerspectiveBenefitsApproachEmpathyEndeavorDividesWorld HistoryCommon Humanity Author:Maya Soetoro-Ng
“There is an interesting and new way to be excited about the fashion world today maybe. The traditional path of fashion as simple magazine images has dissolved - we are seeing new and innovative ways to share, create, and enjoy ideas. I am challenged to learn and explore paths of finding new photographers, stylists, and vision-makers online or through direct contact, connecting with ideas and creativity in new ways, and making images with different outlets. Sometimes more unbridled avenues and unconventional ways lead to things I wouldn't have thought of yet.” WorldWayIdeasDifferentSometimesTodayEnjoySimpleInterestingVisionCreativityPathSeeingShareFashionFindingsDirectPhotographerExcitedTraditionalContactMagazinesOnlineMakersNew WaysConnectingInnovativeOutletsAvenuesWorld TodayStylistUnconventionalIdeas And CreativityFashion World Author:Guinevere Van Seenus
“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
“The thing that makes makeup or clothing or fashion beautiful is the fact that the person wearing them loves themselves and loves being able to kind of use them as artistic tools. And so if I was to give one piece of advice, it would be to find beauty in your core first before you go out into the world and find it in other ways.” WorldGivingKindBeautifulLove IsAdviceFashionArtisticMakeupOne Piece Author:Amandla Stenberg
“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
“I've always been proud to work in the fashion world, but when I discovered how much pollution the apparel industry is responsible for - nearly 10 percent of global carbon emissions - I was shocked. I think it's really embarrassing for every one of us involved in the process.” ThinkingWorldFashionProudResponsiblePollutionEmbarrassing Author:Miroslava Duma
“One of the things I'm most proud of about myself is my ability to fail in front of the world. You have to have that attitude when you want to experiment in art, in music, in writing, or in fashion.” WorldWritingArtAbilityAttitudeFailingFashionProud Author:Solange Knowles
“Granted, it's a long time ago, it's in the 1940s, and, granted, it's warfare that we hopefully will not conduct in a similar fashion ever again, but it is crucially important. And that act, the storming of the Normandy beaches, coupled with the Battle of the Bulge, ending the spread of Nazism throughout Europe, saved the world and it saved the world for freedom. And it was the United States that did it. And it was a bunch of 19- and 20- and 21-year-old people who did it.” PeopleWorldLongImportantFashionBattleSpreadGrantedHopefullyBeachOld People Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The difference between what designers create are you know they're creating a little world every season, you know head to toe, a full look, shoes bags, dresses, the whole thing whereas street fashion is what people are really wearing. There is an element of new. There is an element of previous seasons. There is your own history, you know your sweatshirt from high school and vintage pieces and it's that kind of combination that I find so much more interesting than just the runway, but you know and I love fashion.” PeopleWorldKindSchoolInterestingFashionHigh SchoolDesigner Author:Scott Schuman
“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
“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
“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 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
“The only way to make a criticism of something is to really participate in it. I'm a completely capitalist person. I participate in commodity culture and the fashion world. High art is a money-making vehicle. We're not making art in a vacuum. We're not shopping in the woods. These are all things that we do within the larger system of capitalism. For me to critique it, I'm also participating in it. That's obvious, I feel. In my work, I participate in the things that I critique. I satirize the things that I love and know well and find problematic.” WorldArtCultureFashionArt IsCapitalismCriticismObviousCapitalistVehicleCommodityCritique Author:Chloe Wise