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In the beginning I didn't want to do a menswear collection. It felt a little forced. And then I found that it was an amazing world.
I come from a family of bankers and lawyers, and they joked that they can't believe I'm the one that gets to go to the White House.
Trying too hard to follow every trend. You want to look fashionable and put-together, not like you hit every sale rack this season.
I love creating bold, cinematic moments with my runway shows, so the idea of being a film director has always been appealing to me.
Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.
I was born during the war and grew up in a time of rationing. We didn't have anything. It's influenced the way I look at the world.
The orb came about because I wanted to do this kitsch sweater for Prince Charles when he went hunting and fishing with his kilt on.
If you think that you did everything and know everything and that everything has been done perfectly well, then it's time to retire.
I was brought up with considerable discipline, and I was taught it wasn't proper to display certain very private emotions in public.
When you're a teenager with a creative mind, be as creative as possible. I'd rather you go nuts. Having more ideas is always better.
Winston [ Churchill] is a dandy and a visionary. Unfortunately, in winning wars, principles are inevitably debased. That's politics.
You cannot choose beforehand what you want to use for a suit. You may want to change your mind a dozen times before you are through.
I think it is childish for men to joke about women's clothes, to make fun of our hats, to complain over the cost of a good fur coat.
American businessmen have taken advantage of the opportunities which existed in Europe and Europeans seem not to have been aware of.
As an architect, I learned to think and express myself on flat forms, on paper, and to imagine the contour of the lines of a design.
I love very much the night after every fashion show when I have all those invitations to parties and I stay quiet at home by myself.
When you are a designer, what's important is to be aware of things. Everything should lead to an idea, a line to follow, a movement.
During fashion week, I dream about fashion; afterwards, I dream about fishing. After fashion week, I always go fishing to wind down.
Don’t sacrifice yourself too much, because if you sacrifice too much there’s nothing else you can give and nobody will care for you.
I think it's horrible that people have to be told. Don't smoke! Everybody knows it's bad for the health. But they have to forbid it.
Fashion does not have to prove that it is serious. It is the proof that intelligent frivolity can be something creative and positive
One thing that is exciting about fashion is the surprise element. People don't know what they want. They just know when they see it.
I designed the miniskirt that caused so much havoc in the Sixties - the miniskirt that was such fun but has travelled well to today.
For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff.
I'm not interested in clothes that just convey a certain look or fashion. Clothes for me have always been a form of self-expression.
For my first big Fashion Week event, the factory wouldn't give me my clothes because I didn't have the $25,000 it cost to make them.
I would prefer to use the word free. I think the Dior thing is so much freer. There was not so much free about Jil's way of working.
People ask how can a Jewish kid from the Bronx do preppy clothes? Does it have to do with class and money? It has to do with dreams.
We're making a major move of the Internet, and runway. Polo.com is a natural extension of both polo.com and our collection business.
In designing my bridal collections, I love mixing luxe fabrics, which give the most beautiful texture and dimension to my creations.
I will be working on the collection until the day before the show! It's an endless process, that's all that I can say at that stage.
So, in the tulip, we have a flower of beauty and grace of charm, refinement and distinction. It is a powerful flower and it knows it
In my adult life I've understood that if I put an enormous amount of love and honesty into something, usually that shows in the end.
Everyone wants to be perceived a certain way, to gain the things that they have decided are the things that they want in their life.
Basic clothes are for all women, to last for decades and decades. They are the future and will never change. I am persuaded of that.
At the end of the day, you can't compete with Mother Nature. If you've got a great tomato, just a pinch of sea salt is all you need.
I never try to make a major fashion statement but I want to be the friend in a woman's closet. I make dresses that women get laid in.
The suit does not represent the businessman anymore. Nor does the loud shirt represent the rock star. The same man can now wear both.
I was so overwhelmed by India when I first came - it still inspires me because I still go for the culture, I still go for the colors.
The word 'fashion' I don't like because fashion is something that's over in six months. I'd like to find a word that's more timeless.
I've always drawn a lot. I like the idea of turning a 2-D sketch into a 3-D thing very quickly. And clothing is really good for that.
DAKS is a much more restrained silhouette, and there's a real emphasis on daywear, outerwear, and tailoring. It's more stripped-down.
My fascination has been the space between cloth and the body, and using a two-dimensional element to clothe a three-dimensional form.
I had a hard time in middle school. I was never really quite me until I was 16 or 17, and things like bullying didn't matter anymore.
The trademark Joseph Abboud style is the man first and the clothes second. The guy's the star. Everything else is a supporting actor.
You have to be impeccable - I was always told as a child by my mother that you always have to be impeccable, even when you go to bed.
I'd like to be invisible. To be anonymous and see things for what they really are. The truth may be painful but it's probably useful!
All a designer can do is to anticipate a mood before people realize that they are bored. It is simply a matter of getting bored first
Everything I've designed is intended not to match perfectly but to sit together in harmony, to add flair and personality to any room.
What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today when human contacts go so fast. Fashion is instant language.