Helmut Lang is an amazing man - always striving, always moving forward..

They were enormously chic. My father was very chic. My mother was a heavy woman and she wore wonderful, bright colors, and pajamas, but when she was ….

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….

How many times have people said to me, "I think those pants are incredible, but I could never wear them." Well, why not? What's so different about th….

I think that there are people who go to the best stores, and they have money, so money is no object, but they can't find a pretty dress - and I think….

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….

Steven Meisel is completely consumed with what interests him. He does what he wants to do, and when something doesn't interest him, he's not afraid t….

A lot of women say to me, "Polly, why aren't there more clothes out there that we can wear?" And I don't agree with them! There are clothes out there….

If you've taken the job to be the stylist for a collection, then I think it's important for you to really listen to the designer and look at the boar….

Have you ever held a snake? Well, let me tell you, it is so erotic..

When I graduated from school, World War II was still going on. At the time, my eldest sister, Nancy, was working in New York City at Lord & Taylor, a….

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….

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 loved the masculine style of dressing of Katharine Hepburn, who came from the same town that I came from. I was fascinated by the way she wore trou….

I do think there is a lack of modernity at the moment - and I don't even like that word, modernity, anymore. There aren't enough designers today anyw….

I think the reason for vulgarity is because of the freedom that there is now to do certain things, and a lack of sophistication on the part of some p….

I think Diana Vreeland recognized the passion and the energy I had. I stayed at Harper's Bazaar for two years, until I met my first husband and moved….

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..

You have to want to dare being a model. You have to dare or you don't go that step further. You have to be willing to stretch - and to not only be wi….

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….