Explore Quotes on Fashion

I've started calling fashion my day job.

I'm a pragmatist, and I don't like gratuitous fashion - in fact, there's not that much gratuitous anything in my life.

In the fashion business, there weren't any rules. In fact, the better you were at creating something new, the greater the likelihood you would be successful.

I've struggled with that over the years: Is fashion relevant? Is it frivolous? Is it trivial? Because I give so much of my essence to it, as do everybody I work with.

Family, fashion, philanthropy are our core pillars.

Being away from those big cities gave me a unique perspective on what was happening in fashion, and then I put my own spin on it.

Working in fashion and design was a childhood dream of mine.

Fashion, by definition, is transitory.

I feel like every day I should pinch myself that I get to literally live my childhood dream, which was to be a fashion designer.

The New York fashion scene is crazy, madness, but I love the energy.

I've never seen most of the fashion reality shows. The only one I've seen is 'Project Runway,' which is great, but I don't watch television.

I'm a designer, which includes interiors, architecture, fashion, furniture, and lifestyle.

I don't want to be doing fashion shoots and being interviewed about where I shop. Who cares?

I am a mother and I have been divorced, and I love fashion and the Upper East Side.

Society has a hyper emphasis on thin, and that trend comes from the consumers - it does not come from the fashion industry. The fashion industry needs to make money; that's what we do. If people said, 'We want a 300 pound purple person,' the first industry to do it would be fashion.

People want to express themselves - that's what fashion is for. You can go to Target and get something that Rodarte designed for $34, but would you want to go buy the higher version for $3,400? I think most people would say no.

If people decide thin is out, the fashion industry won't have thin models anymore. Have you spent time with fashion people? They are ruthless. They want money. And the one thing they know is people want clothes to cover their bodies. Unfortunately, most people aren't comfortable with their bodies.

There are a bunch of different ways to look at the fashion industry. Is it shallow to work in fashion? Yes, it can be. But does fashion transform a woman who might feel like nothing and unimportant to glamorous and gorgeous? Yes, it does. Does it employ a huge sector of America? Yes, it does.

People should just express themselves and not worry about trends - try to use fashion like a compass, an indicator, examples of things that you can be. It's not to be taken so seriously. It's just clothes.

Most fashion models do not look good in bikinis because they're too thin.

It's a short-lived career and I think I am in my prime now. I'm 34-0 and I want to go to 35-0 in spectacular fashion, and then the world is my oyster.