André - Leon - Talley - never - invites - friends - to - his - house
“It’s a sanctuary and I want it to be my own personal Ali Baba cave of delight” //
A. Leon Talley
Karl - Lagerfeld - about - exclusivité
“I Can Do Whatever I Want. Exclusivité Is Very Démodé” //
Karl Lagerfeld
Charles - Baudelaire - about - bad - taste
“WHAT IS EXHILARATING IN BAD TASTE IS THE ARISTOCRATIC PLEASURE OF GIVING OFFENSE” //
Charles Baudelaire //
Iris - Apfel - about - Fat - and - Ugly - People
“Now when I walk down Fifth Avenue in the summertime I just want to throw up //
It seems that the fatter and uglier people are, the fewer clothes they wear //
The shorts and flip-flops and tight jeans on butts that go from here to Poughkeepsie //
I always say they should put people in jail for wearing clothes like that //
Especially stretch jeans over size 10 — they should be outlawed //
Ten years ago people were starting to look like slobs in New York, now it’s an epidemic” //
Giorgio - Armani - about - elegance
“Elegance is not about being noticed, it’s about being remembered” //
Giorgio “Re Giorgio” Armani //
Coco - Chanel - about - luxury
Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury //
Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel
K a w a k u b o - a b o u t - f a s h i o n - b u s i n e s s
Acting Silly, Showing Off, Being a Celebrity Designer Are All Are Integral and Necessary Parts of the Fashion Business //
Rei Kawakubo //
Madame - Grès - about - fashion - and - sculpture
I wanted to be a sculptor //
For me, it’s the same thing to work the fabric or the stone //
Germaine Émilie Krebs, known as “Madame Grès” //
Herr - Kaiser - about - being - a - fashion - designer
I’m not like those designers who think they are pressed too much, that their creativity is so fragile //
It’s very simple, no? Don’t take the job if you think you cannot do it //
Bad football players do not play in the first league. Swimmers who cannot really swim never win //
I mean, you have to know if you can do this kind of sport on that level //
If not, forget about it //
But you cannot expect people to cry about you, that you are so overworked, so pressed //
Nobody presses me //
Karl Lagerfeld
