Top 388 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Fashion designers - Page 7

You never know what people are going to respond to or want in your work, and you just hope for the best when you design a collection, and try to make it as well-rounded as you can.

I feel like everything in your life begins with physical conditioning. I love eating sweets and stuff like that but I feel like the quality of my parenting is based on my physical conditioning; the quality of my relationship with my wife, the quality of all the interactions I have in my life start with being in great physical condition.

I prioritise my time so what needs to be done, gets done.

There was a time when black and navy blue suits were pretty much everything you saw. That has completely changed. People are wearing big checks, checks with browns and blues and shades of gray, and the scale is very large, and some of them are very bold with heavy contrasts.

I try to destroy taboo in fashion-which is something I learned as a kid. I come from the street, and you have to be a survivor.

Between the ages of 30 and 40 was the time when both my spirit and body were young and powerful and I could do anything!

I'm always thinking ahead, and I'm always curious about what's happening next. I thrive on that kind of thinking, so I don't burn out. And I think that's a sign - if you can't stop thinking about your job, in a positive way that energizes you, then you're probably where you're meant to be.

I do know that I like what I am doing now. My focus right now is making the best daywear possible. When it feels right to expand into other areas, I will.

The designs are more about the whole thing rather than the details, and if I were to do the big shapes I do, color would maybe be too much. Pink or red would push it all over the edge.

A McQueen woman always has to feel powerful. She's never a girly girl, she's always a woman.

Fashion is what time looks like.

I grew up in a very bohemian environment in southern Sweden, so I was always, always, always in black jeans.

Only in Paris do couture workers, from seamstress to mannequin, worship a dress and treat it like a baby.

Always take one last look in a full-length mirror before leaving the house.

I don't make cocktails with whisky. I'll always drink it with a little bit of water. I love Negronis early on, but for me drinking whisky is something I do at the end of an evening. It's a midnight-to-3-a.m. drink for me.

Good design is forever.

Perhaps the street photographer has been replaced by the security camera.

My school is the world, and my teacher is the people. It is very important not to stay cloistered in the office if you want to create. We have to go out in society to understand how people live and dress in their real lives.

Wear clothes that make you feel happy.

Bridal is very much a performance - it is the one grand event in every woman's life.

When you want to be a designer today, you are in a subversion.

When I see that the clothes are sold the day they debut in some cases, I fear we are going to kill the invisible side of fashion, the mystery. Now with the industry, it's getting a bit difficult to create any mystery. But it's quite an interesting period. It's a bit chaotic.

Each season I try to incorporate something new that corresponds to the timing and the trends in everyday fashion.

Clothes are functional but that doesn't mean they're not a form of art. They're just another way to express creativity. It could be film, it could garment.

I love intimate details like lingerie, something like a gorgeous silk stocking or exquisite slipper.

Experience is the best teacher. A compelling story is a close second.

People's wardrobes in history are something that society and culture imposed. But sexuality is not about the way you dress.

I like making sure that I've got a decent haircut, my beard's a decent length. I trim it once a week and that's all I need to do. Also, shoes polished. Just put yourself together properly. It's about self-respect, but it's also about having a bit of respect for the people you're interacting with on a daily basis.