What I think I sell with my clothes is confidence, so hopefully all my dresses, my accessories, are friends to the women. When you open the closet, and your eyes are swollen, and you don't like the way you look, you go to your friends.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes how clothing can provide women with confidence, acting as supportive friends in times of self-doubt.
Diane Von Furstenberg expresses that her clothing line is not just about fashion but rather about instilling confidence in women. She likens her garments and accessories to friends that women turn to when they are feeling down about their appearance, highlighting the emotional connection between fashion and self-esteem.
In practice
A motivational speech about women's empowerment in fashion events.
There's design, and there's art. Good design is total harmony. There's no better designer than nature - if you look at a branch or a leaf, it's perfect. It's all function. Art is different. It's about emotion. It's about suffering and beauty - but mostly suffering!
The little black dress is the true friend...she travels with you...is patient and constant...you go to her when you don't know where else to go and she is ALWAYS reliable and timeless.
One of the most important things about fashion is to dress as well as you can, look as attractive as you can, and at the same time be comfortable with yourself. Be easy about your clothes; forget about them.
All women are strong. My mother survived Auschwitz, and fear wasn't an option when we were growing up. If we were afraid of the dark, we were put into the closet until we weren't.
You're always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.
A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials.
All it takes are a few simple outfits. And there's one secret - The Simpler The Better
Buy clothes the size you want to wear.
It is the unseen, unforgettable, ultimate accessory of fashion that heralds your arrival and prolongs your departure.
When I started, I knew nothing about fashion. I remember, my first day going to my agency, I was wearing these huge bell-bottoms - they were patchwork corduroy and denim, which, at the time, I thought were amazing. My agent told me, 'You have a casting with Prada - you have to burn those jeans.'
Fashion should be about making clothes that make all women look beautiful, not making women starve so that they can fit in a size 8.
Many faux pas of fashion can be avoided if you curb your instinctive desire to buy things with your heart instead of your head.
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