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While working as a team, you push yourself forward and move outside the boundaries. It's a great thing.
I wanted to start a menswear line of slim-fitting, luxury cashmere jumpers in a range of great colours.
I remember being mad about having pink and red shoes. I gew up envying other girls' pink and red shoes.
The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie.
People, even children, aren't really afraid of change. They're afraid of not being prepared for change.
If a great outfit gets you one step closer to feeling good about yourself, then it's worth every penny.
Someone's energy and aura and soul are so much more important - they don't compare to what you have on.
Asexual, aseasonal, rectangular, slick palette of blacks, touches of pure grays and intense dark blues.
I'm not an isolated person. The more I connect to people, the more I have the feeling that things work.
I believe one can live many lives through personal style. Every day is an occasion to reinvent yourself
I was never money conscious. I would never have succeeded if I thought I was going to be a millionaire.
You can tell if it's a good collection if people are afraid of it. In ten years, everyone will love it.
My view is that you have to deal with who you are. It's hard work, in a way, but somebody has to do it.
I don't think that clothes have anything to do with the personality. That comes from the woman herself.
I want my models to be bigger, stronger and taller than common mortals. I need superwomen and supermen.
Your name is a funny thing. It stands for what you're about, and everything I do is really about pride.
When I design a garment or a piece of accessory, the first question I ask myself is, 'Would I wear it?'
I have to bring my A-Game 24/7, between creating, draping, and overseeing a myriad of different brands.
Some days I feel like a piano: kind of short, always in black & white, always expected to produce music.
The problem with couture is not designers; it's what happens when the couturier will no longer be there.
I've always said fashion is like roast chicken: You don't have to think about it to know it's delicious.
When I'm dead and gone, people will know that the twenty-first century was started by Alexander McQueen.
The sexiest thing about a bikini is that it leaves something to the imagination, which is the best part.
I find N.Y. very inspiring; there is an amazing energy and flow of creativity in N.Y. like nowhere else.
They say that the best furniture and clothing design from the '50s and '60s is Scandinavian or Milanese.
Do I believe in reincarnation? Well, let's say that I believe in karma. I think you make your own karma.
The older you get, the more you should learn to love life and appreciate the beauty that comes with age.
In the building of a basic wardrobe, we cannot go wrong if we strive for simplicity and perfect fitting.
I came to New York when I was 21, 22. I couldn't speak English. I knew I wanted to go to fashion school.
I'm all about exuberance. We only have one short life to live, and we shouldn't waste it being tasteful.
I never eat where the hotel recommends. I do my own research and then try the most highly rated options.
I prefer simpler shirts, like a solid oxford or pinstripe, and with a solid cashmere crewneck or V-neck.
The greenest thing you could do in fashion, is to buy something great that you’re going to use for years
I not only enjoy it, I think, how do you design things that are applicable to life - unless you live it?
It's still feminine, but not in a romantic way. It's all about masculine and feminine, and being strong.
Talking about the democratization of fashion is just one of the many trite things people say these days.
You never do things thinking you will make a big statement. It just happens sometimes and you are lucky.
I've just gone through so much in my life that pulling my top up just doesn't seem like that big a deal.
It's been a bit tricky trying to establish a 'designer' profile and not a designer-cum-girl-around-town.
I've always been interested in a femininity with a bite. I always think a little bit of a kick is great.
You should always feel confident in everything you wear, no matter what trend you fit or don't fit into.
The dynamics of film directing and fashion design - in the ways that I've done it - were not dissimilar.
My approach to beauty is 'less is more,' but I usually wear a pinky-nude lip color, like my Pas du Tout.
It is all about technique. The great mistake of this century is to put inspiration and creativity first.
I do not approve of museums trying just to get people to come in. Whistler was very, very clear on this.
I don't notice anybody unless they look great, and every now and again they do, and they are usually 70.
Poiret made clothes for individual customers, but I wouldn't like to make a dress just for its own sake.
Every seam, every lace, every bead has been painstakingly, with love, corrected, perfected and mastered.
I am very much a people person. If I am in a beautiful place but I don't like the people, I am miserable.
I am always trying to put myself inside: Every dress I do, I think, 'If I were a woman, would I wear it?'