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.
Patrick Demarchelier was the one who got me my first Vogue cover. It was French Vogue - I think in ’87 or ’88. I think I was the first black model to be on the cover of French Vogue, which was shocking to me because when I asked them about it, they were like, "Oh, no. We’ve never had that before."
It's not about what it looks like in the studio or on the runway. It's what it looks like on a real person that matters.
Buy clothes the size you want to wear.
It's not true that clothes look better on skinny girls; what counts is the attitude.
They (fashion editors) have always been our secret weapon.
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.
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