Ugly is attractive, ugly is exciting. Maybe because it is newer. The investigation of ugliness is, to me, more interesting than the bourgeois idea of beauty. And why? Because ugly is human.
Miuccia PradaRead
What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language.
Interpretation
Your clothing reflects your identity and communicates your message to others instantly.
In this quote, Miuccia Prada emphasizes the significance of fashion as a form of self-expression and communication. She highlights that in today's fast-paced world, the way we dress serves as an immediate and recognizable language that conveys our personality, values, and mood to others, making it crucial for personal presentation.
In practice
In a fashion seminar discussing the impact of clothing choices.
Ugly is attractive, ugly is exciting. Maybe because it is newer. The investigation of ugliness is, to me, more interesting than the bourgeois idea of beauty. And why? Because ugly is human.
When I design and wonder what the point is, I think of someone having a bad time in their life. Maybe they are sad and they wake up and put on something I have made and it makes them feel just a bit better. So, in that sense, fashion is a little help in the life of a person. But only a little.
Many of us grew up with a kind of puritanism against shopping. But shopping can be much more than how it is cast. If you are bored or you have problems, it can be a way of lifting your spirits, by doing something light and superficial. Why not?
It's horrible when people are only interested in buying labels, because it doesn't bring them the happiness they think it will.
What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today when human contacts go so fast. Fashion is instant language.
One's life and passion may be elsewhere, but New York is where you prove if what you think in theory makes sense in life.
If you are a new, upcoming designer, you've got to think of new, cool ways to make the industry look at you. Don't just get stuck in a rut, show your clothes, and be like, 'You should like this.'
In order to use color effectively it is necessary to recognize that color deceives continually.
I do tend to think that I've written a great deal out of my unconscious because half the time I don't know what a given character is going to say next.
There is no model, there is only color.
I think, with age, you learn that it comes in bursts and you've got no control over it. I'm not one of those people who says, 'I've got to write a song every day.' I just store up ideas, and really I have to wait until it finds me; I know when I'm ready to write. It used to frustrate me, but it doesn't any more. It's just how it is.
I love Los Angeles. I love Hollywood. They're beautiful. Everybody's plastic, but I love plastic. I want to be plastic.
Subscribe for the occasional hand-picked quote. No noise.