When you start a collection, you have to push yourself to limits that may make you uncomfortable.

- Joseph Altuzarra

I think designers are starting to realize that we're all in the same industry. We're making clothes - we aren't saving the world. I'm not saying that…

- Joseph Altuzarra

The best and the worst thing about fashion is that anyone can do it. But because fashion can be the most unintellectual thing, you have to turn it in…

- Joseph Altuzarra

That's a big part of being a designer now: going out, having dinners, meeting people. Being in an ivory tower, you can feel very removed.

- Joseph Altuzarra

Ballet teaches you how to hold yourself.

- Joseph Altuzarra

My mother has a very chic sense of style, but she also has high expectations for her clothes to be functional and practical.

- Joseph Altuzarra

There’s a side to me that likes to make clothes for everyday. But I also think of fashion as an escape. It’s like a dream. It shouldn’t always be pra…

- Joseph Altuzarra

It's important not to take all this fashion stuff too seriously, and I kind of love the idea of cheesiness.

- Joseph Altuzarra

I was not a very popular kid in high school, and I had this idea that the way that I dressed would change how liked I was. It was that kind of Pygmal…

- Joseph Altuzarra