Birth: June 18, 1924
Happy family gives you a brick-by-brick foundation that you build on for the rest of your life. And then it teaches you so many things that are impor….
I remember once I didn't like a dress that we had to shoot - I'll never forget this - and so I turned it inside out and put it on the model backward..
It's great advice - to open your eyes, have a little humility, and let go of ego. I think that instills in you a sense of responsibility. I also thin….
You can squint and see something else, or something will come forward in the paint. You'll always see something else..
I thought Fred Astaire was the most chic man. I loved the way he dressed. Never mind his dancing, which was beyond - he was just so elegant and had t….
I think that some people have wonderful spots. I think that Karl Lagerfeld has a wonderful spot designing for Chanel. They really just let him go. I ….
I think Alexander McQueen was very, very special. When I went to his first show, I couldn't speak because I was so enthralled. I was saying to myself….
I will never get tired of looking at works by Pablo Picasso. I will never get tired of looking at work by Francis Bacon or Henry Moore or Francisco G….
I always took a great interest in my clothes. My sister, who was 13 months older, and I always dressed alike, but as I got a little bit older, I didn….
Style doesn't have seasons..
I love street, adore street. Life is about mixing things and to be divine in the streets. Voila!.
You cannot squelch what's happening at the moment - you cannot put a lid on it and squash it down..
I like people with guts. I want to feel in the clothes what the designer is really feeling when they're alone with themselves and their fabrics and t….
I personally do not think that I have ever done, in my working life, anything vulgar. I know I've done provocative things..
There are some very creative people out there who are like Steven Meisel, and that is why their work is so extraordinary..
One day, Sally Kirkland said to Diana Vreeland, who was the fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar at the time, "I have a young woman I want you to meet. ….
I wear all my T-shirts from Helmut Lang with the holes in the elbows, which people always speak of. When my husband gets a hole in his sweater, at hi….
I also had a huge crush on William Holden. I would go to see William Holden's movies alone - I didn't want to be with anybody. I just wanted to be wi….
I think movies also played a part in my interest in fashion. I've also always been hooked on the movies. From my early teens on, I always had my favo….
I was surrounded by talented people. I always remember Mrs. Carmel Snow, saying to me, "You know, Polly, if one person thinks they're a big star, the….
That bothers me when I see that fashion editors are consultants for brands. It tells me that the designer has lost sight of what he or she really wan….