“I got a custom-made silk dress from a Chinese tailor for really cheap. I sketched it out on a piece of paper, and they took my measurements and made the dress for me in a day!” MadePiecesPaperDressesChineseCustomsMeasurementSilkTailors Author:Alicia Sacramone
“I was 26 when I invented the wrap dress. It was just a nothing little printed dress made out an jersey, and before I know it, I lived an American Dream making more than 25,000 dresses a week.” KnowsLittlesMadeDreamWeekDressesAmerican DreamWrapsJerseyPrinted Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“I’ve always been inspired by women, and my mission was to inspire women. I always wanted to become a certain kind of woman and I became that woman through fashion. It was a dialogue. I would see that the wrap dress made those women confident, and made them act with confidence.” KindMadeWantedCertainFashionInspireDressesInspiredMissionsDialogueWrapsInspire Women Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“The wrap dress is the most traditional form of dressing: It's like a robe, it's like a kimono, it's like a toga. It doesn't have buttons or zippers. What made it different was that it was jersey; therefore, it was close to the body and it was a print.” MadeDifferentBodyFormDressesTraditionalMade ItPrintButtonsDressingsWrapsJerseyRobesZippersTogasKimonos Author:Diane von Furstenberg
“I haven't made many wedding dresses. It's a dress very, very important for the girl; it's important to know the person, I believe, but at the same time it should be a shock to the person - the person should be shocked to be suddenly revealed. That's the work of a designer sometimes, to propose an ID of look.” KnowsShouldBelieveLooksPersonsMadeImportantSometimesGirlI BelieveHavensDressesDesignerShockShockedProposeWedding Dress Author:Olivier Theyskens
“To me, the beauty of a quilt or a dress lies within the stitches and the thought of the person who made them. When you spend time making something with your two hands, you impart love in a way that buying never can.” WayPersonsMadeTwoHandsLyingDressesBuyingEnd TimesSpend TimeImpartStitchesTwo HandsQuilts Author:Natalie