Quotes by Nina Garcia - Page 2

Each moment calls for a different stylistic essence and a different sense of impact, and mastery of this balance is an art form - a very learnable art form.
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Balance
Essence
Impact
Mastery
Art Form
Calls
Stylistic
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Don't be afraid to mix things up by pairing a military-style jacket with a velvet skirt, vintage with modern, off-the-rack with couture, formal with casual.
Nina Garcia / Journalist
Casual
Couture
Formal
Velvet
Vintage
Afraid
Jacket
Mix
Skirt
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I am always being stopped for style advice, and I love it! The way we dress says so much about ourselves, and I love when I can help others take control of that.
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Help Others
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I'm all about my rugs. I don't like a lot of color. The apartment isn't exactly monotone, but it's full of very soft shades. So, really, the fun is with the carpets.
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Shades
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I lived in South America when I was growing up. I spent hours sketching. I was good at drawing, and I was obsessed with fashion, but I was also obsessed with magazines.
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Drawing
Magazines
Sketching
South America
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The fashion editor as it used to be has changed. Now you have to wear many hats, and whoever tells you differently is wrong. Now you're on TV, whether you want it or not.
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Editors
Fashion
Hats
Want
Editor
Whoever
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Here's the thing: I love what I do for the magazine, and I love what I do on television. When you do the things that you love, it's not bad. It's about being very organized.
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Organized
Magazine
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Style is about fun. True style is not about having a closet full of expensive and beautiful things - it is instead about knowing when, where, and how to utilize your collection.
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Beautiful
Beautiful Things
Expensive
Fun
Knowing
Collection
True
Closet
Full
Having
Instead
Utilize
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Style comes from knowing who you are and who you want to be in the world; it does not come from wanting to be somebody else, or wanting to be thinner, shorter, taller, prettier.
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Doe
Knowing Who You Are
Style
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Don't get me wrong, I love a good cardigan too, but a jacket - especially one with sharp shoulders, interesting buttons, or a unique collar - always looks the most fashion-forward.
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Buttons
Love Good Me
Love Good Always
Collar
Jacket
Sharp
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I have seen everything possible covered in studs and grommets. Also, what I call angry shoes: those platforms with the multiple buckles and studs. I think the polished girl is back.
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Girl
Angry
Covered
Multiple
Platforms
Polished
Shoes
Thinking
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My mother was a very big inspiration. She loved fashion. I loved art in school, and I was very good at drawing. I could sit at the table forever and just dream up collections and draw.
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Collections
Inspiration
Draw
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Like most people, I've grown a lot more sophisticated in my style choices. I know myself and what suits me better now than I did when I was much younger and feel more comfortable in my own skin.
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Better Now
Choices
Comfortable
People
Sophisticated
Style
Myself Me Better
Younger
Skin
Myself Better Me
Grown
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My six favorite textures for fall and winter are leather, fur, tweed, mohair, velvet and wool. I love that they are all as warm as they are fashionable and easy to incorporate into your wardrobe.
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Fashionable
Fur
Leather
Velvet
Warm
Winter
Wool
Incorporate
Textures
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When I come home, I need to feel instantly disconnected. In the rest of my life, I feel overstimulated. Here, I want things to be serene and unfussy, full of objects I love - but not too many of them.
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Disconnected
Serene
Life Love Home
Instantly
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Many of my friends and colleagues are in the public eye, so they have to pay close attention to what they wear. But every woman needs to stay on her toes in this era of cell-phone cameras and Facebook.
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Cameras
Colleagues
Public Eye
Toes
Close Attention
Facebook
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One of the most magical places on Earth is a small island in the Caribbean called Mustique. With brilliant beaches, warm water, and lush vegetation, this tiny green swath of land is my idea of paradise.
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Brilliant
Caribbean
Green
Land
Lush
Paradise
Tiny
Vegetation
Warm
Water
Beaches
Island
Magical
Places
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You can find a mentor; you have to ask questions, you have to show interest in what the other person is doing. You have to have curiosity - I think that people appreciate that and will want to help you.
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Appreciate
Curiosity
People Will Doing
Questions
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My style is about making things last forever. When you're on a budget, it can be daunting to spend $300 on a pair of boots or a coat. But such basics are the building blocks from which your look is crafted.
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Basics
Block
Boots
Building Blocks
Forever
Style
Blocks
Budget
Coat
Crafted
Daunting
Pair
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I've said this so many times, but I keep coming back to this: Trends come and go. Own them and make them your own. If it doesn't feel right, then don't feel like you need to dress a certain way just to be trendy.
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Trendy
Certain Way
Come And Go
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We all get a little rush of excitement at the prospect of buying a brand-new outfit for a first date, but this is not the time. You're much better off wearing clothes, shoes especially, that you've already tested.
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Better Off
Buying
Clothes
Excitement
Firsts
Shoes
Tested
Date
Wearing
Outfit
Prospect
Rush
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In Colombia, where I was born and raised, women like my mother considered their appearance and personal grooming a matter of principle. There was never an occasion where she didn't show up looking picture-perfect.
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Appearance
Colombia
Grooming
Raised
Considered
Occasion
Personal
Principle
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Working from home or going on maternity leave is no excuse to let go of your look. The more you schlep around in drawstring pants and tees, the less you're going to be able to pull yourself together when necessary.
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Excuse
Maternity
Pants
No Excuse
Let Go
Pull
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I've had to adapt my wardrobe to my various roles, both at the office, as a mom, and for television. When I shop for the season I look for pieces that will suit every facet of my daily life, not just one single occasion.
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Mom
Daily Life
Just One
Office
Roles
Wardrobe
Adapt
Daily
Facet
Occasion
Shop
Season
Suit
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I think my Latino culture has equipped me with a different point of view than the rest of my counterparts, and seeing things from a different angle has helped me a lot. I feel very proud of my culture, of my Latino heritage.
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Angle
Counterparts
Heritage
Latino
Point Of View
Equipped
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What I loved about my partnership with 'Quarterly' was the fact that it bridges the online world with the real world. Sometimes we see these two worlds as separate entities, and to be able to establish a bridge is very exciting.
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Online
Partnership
Real World
Bridge
Entities
Establish
The Real World
Worlds
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I'll admit it, the grunge trend doesn't really speak to me. I get why other people like it, but it's just not my style. Don't get me wrong, I love layering, but I like it when it is done with a little more polish and sophistication.
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Polish
Sophistication
Love Done Me
Admit
Trend
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I grew up with a fashion-obsessed mother and an older sister, so there was a lot of fashion in my house. The first thing I remember owning was a Pierre Cardin jumpsuit when I was 9 or 10; of course I didn't actually buy it, but I fell in love with it.
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Sister
Fashion
House
Mother
Older Sister
First Thing
Owning
Pierre
The First Thing
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There really are so many lines of work that you can join that don't have to only be design. And that was one that particularly interested me a lot, because the editors could appreciate all the trends, all the designs and all the work of the designers.
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Design
Appreciate
Editors
Lines
Work Design Me
Interested
Designers
Particularly
Join
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My passion for fashion originated in my mother's closet. She was a woman who loved fashion. She enjoyed dressing up a lot, and she had a closet that was like her sacred room that belonged only to her. She wouldn't let us go in and play there very often.
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Enjoyed
Sacred
Belonged
Closet
Dressing
Let Us
Originated
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If you look back in history of the women who are most memorable and most stylish, they were never the followers of fashion. They were the ones who were unique in their style, breakers of the rules. They were authentic, genuine, original. They were not following the trends.
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Fashion
Followers
Genuine
Memorable
Stylish
Trends
Unique
Authentic
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I firmly believe that 90 percent of the confusion that women feel when they are attempting to put together an occasion-specific ensemble is caused by fear: fear of breaking the 'fashion rules,' fear of violating some long-forgotten tradition, or the basic fear of looking bad.
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Attempting
Confusion
Ensemble
Caused
Breaking
Firmly
Violating
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People always ask me if I could live in any other era what would it be, and I tell them none! I feel so lucky to live in an age where technology has changed and continues to change and make life so much more exciting. It keeps everyone young and constantly learning new things.
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Age
Technology
Changed
Exciting
If I Could
New Things
People
Life Change Age
Constantly
Era
None
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It's interesting because we live in a country where the obesity is so enormous. And then the reflection on the runways is girls that are so thin. So there's two extremes that are almost like a reflection of themselves, and it's very hard to be in the middle with girls that are just healthy.
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Enormous
Extremes
Obesity
Reflection
Thin
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BLACKBERRY. Also know as "Crackberry" for it's addictive qualities. It is the modern girl's weapon. It allow her to bid on ebay while walking down the street, map out her shopping route for maximum productivity, and sneak out of work and still get her messages as she peruses the sales racks.
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Girl
Ebay
Shopping
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When I was older and I first started working, I was obsessed with buying my first Chanel jacket. I saved up my hard-earned money, went to Barneys, and bought a little black Chanel jacket. It saw many, many job interviews and many, many events. I'm not fitting into it lately, but I still have it.
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Jobs
Black
Buying
Fitting
Littles
Saved
Bought
Chanel
Jacket
Lately
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After assessing what's in your closet, make a list of what you need. Not want, but need. Write down the basics missing from your wardrobe. It could be a classic white shirt, a trenchcoat, or the perfect little black dress. Whatever the blank spots, write them down. This will be your reference for shopping.
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Basics
Blank
Classic
Missing
Shopping
Spots
Wardrobe
Closet
List
Reference
Shirt
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For so many years fashion was shrouded in mystery, this glamorous profession that people knew very little about, they thought it was so glamorous. It now has become so available, with the Internet, with shops like H&M and Target that do designer collaborations, so it's more available to everyone and that's created more interest.
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Available
Designer
Fashion
Glamorous
People
Profession
Shops
Target
Years
Collaborations
So Many Years
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