“I've never felt that I've had some great fashion sense of my own - I tend to wear what my wife tells me to wear.” FeltMy OwnWifeFashionMy WifeGreat Fashion Author:Alessandro Nivola
“I've tried to stay true, in my own fashion, to the ideas of The Sex Pistols, even while I was working with bands like Duran Duran or the Stones, whoever it might be. The thing that was attractive to me personally about videos in the beginning was that it was uncharted territory, and in a sense the record companies didn't know what they were doing.” KnowsIdeasMightSexMy OwnCompanyRecordsFashionBandStonesVideoAttractiveTerritoryStay TrueRecord CompaniesPistolsUnchartedSex PistolsUncharted TerritoryDuran Duran Author:Julien Temple
“Initially, it was the unpractical in fashion that brought me to design my own line. I felt that it was much more attractive to cut clothes with respect for the living, three-dimensional body rather than to cover the body with decorative ideas.” IdeasBodyThreeFeltLinesMy OwnCuttingFashionDesignClothesAttractive Author:Jil Sander
“Society tells me to follow my own truth, but I don't let society tell me what to do. If you need someone to tell you that, chances are you're part of the crowd that will move on to the next fashion that comes around.” IfsNeedsMovingNextChanceMy OwnFashionCrowdsChances Are Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“I want to achieve anti-fashion through fashion. That's why I'm always heading in my own direction, in parallel to fashion.” WantMy OwnAchieveFashionParallelsHeadings Author:Yohji Yamamoto
“And then Gossip Girl completely blew open the door to fashion for me. I'd go to fashion shows and call my publicist and say, 'Can I wear that?' I think I became my own stylist by not knowing any better. And once I was told it was time to get one, I thought: This is one of my favorite hobbies! And I'm going to pay someone to steal my hobby from me? That's a terrible idea!” ThinkingIdeasShowsGirlMy OwnPayKnowingDoorsFashionTerribleMy FavoriteStealingGossipNot KnowingHobbiesStylistFashion ShowPublicistsGossip GirlFavorite Hobby Author:Blake Lively
“The thrill in fashion for me is taking a risk and daring myself to make it work. Even when I go shopping, I always buy something twisted and I know I'm going to have to figure out somehow to pull it off and make it my own.” KnowsMy OwnRiskFashionFiguresShoppingDaringThrillTwisted Author:Rihanna
“If I were poet now, I would not resist the temptation to trace my life back through the delicate shadows of my childhood to the precious and sheltered sources of my earliest memories. But these possessions are far too dear and sacred for the person I now am to spoil for myself. All there is to say of my childhood is that it was good and happy. I was given the freedom to discover my own inclinations and talents, to fashion my inmost pleasures and sorrows myself and to regard the future not as an alien higher power but as the hope and product of my own strength.” IfsPersonsGivenMemoriesMy OwnPleasureChildhoodTalentFashionPoetProductsSourceHigherSorrowShadowRegardSacredDearPossessionTemptationAliensDelicateInclinationSpoilHigher Power Author:Hermann Hesse
“I hate to do what everybody else is doing. Why, only last week, on Fifth Avenue and some cross streets, I noticed that every feminine citizen of these United States wore an artificial posy on her coat or gown. I came home and ripped off every one of the really lovely refrigerator blossoms that were sewn on my own bodices.” StatesHomeLastsHateMy OwnUnitedUnited StatesWeekStreetsFashionCitizensCrossesI HateLovelyFeminineIndividualismArtificialCoatsFifthAvenuesRippedGownsRefrigeratorsFifth AvenuePosies Book:The Rest of My Life Source: The Rest of My Life
“My role as the chair of the fashion department at Parsons put me face to face with all the big designers, retailers, and editors. Since I was moving in these new circles regularly, I realized I needed to do something about my own personal style. It was really Diane von Furstenberg who gave me the nudge.” BigsFacesMovingMy OwnRolesFashionStyleNeededI RealizedCirclesDesignerDepartmentChairsEditorsFace To FaceMoving InPersonal StyleNudgeRetailers Author:Tim Gunn
“I did not go to fashion school. I arrived in New York in 1986 from Kansas City and was working as accessories editor for Mademoiselle Magazine. While working at Mademoiselle I noticed that the market lacked stylish and sensible handbags, so I decided to create my own.” SchoolMy OwnCitiesFashionNew YorkDecidedMagazinesEditorsSensibleAccessoriesKansasStylishHandbagsKansas City Author:Kate Spade
“As I matured, I've always had the dream of one day either having my own clothing line or owning a fashion magazine. Most of my thesis' and projects in school were fashion and advertising based.” DreamSchoolLinesMy OwnFashionOne DayProjectsAdvertisingMagazinesClothingsThesisMaturedFashion MagazinesClothing Line Author:Ashley Purdy