My attitude is if fashion says it’s forbidden, I’m going to do it.

That which is ordinary, is the most beautiful rare treasure you will thirst to find in the artificial world.

The most pleasant and alluring curve on a woman is the smile

I don’t like the fashion world. It’s too nasty, too rip-off, too hard. And now it’s all Gucci and Prada; it’s very difficult to make your own business.

Perhaps the most irrational fashion act of all was the male habit for 150 years of wearing wigs. Samuel Pepys, as with so many things, was in the vanguard, noting with some apprehension the purchase of a wig in 1663 when wigs were not yet common. It was such a novelty that he feared people...

I would love to do a live show with dancers and fashion and scenic elements – definitely bring my love of the theater to a concert-style performance.

It is but a glimpse of the world of fashion that we want on this same miry afternoon.… There is much good in it; there are many good and true people in it; it has its appointed place. But the evil of it is that it is a world wrapped up in too much jeweller’s...

A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.

Vincent laughed. “No, you still need to look like a Helian.””So I should burn everything to a crisp?””Well, that would definitely get your mother’s attention, but I think that she’s looking for something more sophisticated and less… scary.

Young people, however, tend to ignore the customs of their elders. Adolescent rebellion has been responsible for all manner of absurd costumes. The more ridiculous a certain fashion is, the more adolescents will cling to it.

Under the pink Harlequin sunglasses strawberry dangling charms, and sugar-frosted eyeshadow she was really almost beautiful.

There is an easy way of finding the job to be done today, just look around your environment; take note of the places that need cleaning and the places that need decoration; do one at a time!

The cool thing about vests is they have no sleeves. I guess their target market is people with no arms. Raise your hand if you disagree.

She was clothed entirely in two large swatches of leather, the leather fake and shiny in a self-mocking way, absolutely correct for 1993, the first year when mocking the mainstream had become the mainstream.

Can Flo come? She has so many clothes I really want her to get rid of.’ I laugh. Flo’s clothes are so funny. She buys one top and wears it every time we go out for six months, then buys another one and does the same. And the kinds of things she buys for school...

So I went to Chicago in 1940, I think, ’41, and the photographs that I made there, aside from fashion, were things that I was trying to express in a social conscious way.

Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.

Chanel is an institution, and you have to treat an institution like a whore – and then you get something out of her

The imprint of Miss Hepburn is absolutely, totally present. Like it or not, she will be the most important look of the twentieth century.

I never cared about buying things for myself, like clothes. And then all of a sudden I realized how great it is to be very precise about the shirts that I wear and all the things that are a part of my closet. So the ritual of fashion and shopping became very personal to me.

Overall, (the recovery) is progressing forward in a well-balanced fashion.

Stick to the basics, hold on to your family and friends – they will never go out of fashion.

Walk like you have three men walking behind you.

Anyone can wear anything in fashion, as long as is worn by a celebrity they love.

Soldier’s fashion accessory is his weapon just like a jewelry for women.

Our best analyst thinks it’s not a tactical design. Something for mall ninjas….Young men who dress to feel they’ll be mistaken for having special capability. A species of cosplay, really. Endemic. Lots of boys are playing soldier now. The men who run the world aren’t, and neither are the boys most effectively bent on running...

Captivating beauty motivates the souls of those who see it and appreciate it.

On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock.

Humility is the best dress you can wear

An old man with overalls walked by; I don’t think old people should wear overalls; it makes them look like shrivelly toddlers.

I don’t believe in wearing track pants unless you are in an actual athletic situation.

Clothes can suggest, persuade, connote, insinuate, or indeed lie, and apply subtle pressure while their wearer is speaking frankly and straightforwardly of other matters.

Every guitarist I would cross paths with would tell me that I should have a flashy guitar, whatever the latest fashion model was, and I used to say, ‘Why? Mine works, doesn’t it? It’s a piece of wood and six strings, and it works.’

Fashion has two purposes: comfort and love. Beauty comes when fashion succeeds.

What a strange power there is in clothing.

I want to be the world’s safest fashion designer. And I always wear my seatbelt, especially when I’m in the car.

It was my friend Frank, a writer in San Francisco, who finally set me straight. When asked about my new look he put down his fork and stared at me for a few moments. “A bow tie announces to the world you can no longer get an erection.

A key to the art of conversation is learning how to be an effective and active listener.

I’d urge you to try German Riesling because it’s delicious, but I fear you’ll be more impressed if I tell you it’s cutting-edge. That, after all, is what we want to know– what’s now and happening. (Do you really think clunky square-toed shoes make your feet look better than those with slimming, tapered toes? You...

Fashion needs to be worn.

Fashion is all about happiness. It’s fun. It’s important. But it’s not medicine.

A girl’s got to use what she’s given and I’m not going to make a guy drool the way a Britney video does. So I take it to extremes. I don’t say I dress sexily on stage – what I do is so extreme. It’s meant to make guys think: ‘I don’t know if this...

You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur

Oh, never mind the fashion. When one has a style of one’s own, it is always 20 times better.

Fashion Fact: Most people make the assumption that I wear trendy shades the majority of the time (often indoors) to protect my eyes from the elements. But in fact it’s the reverse. I’m protecting the elements from the brilliance of my eyes.

I come to Fashion Week events in New York City twice a year.

I cleaned the shit off my pink high-tops and drove home, stopping for an espresso at the coffeehouse across from the college. Men and women were hunched over copies of Jean Paul Sartre and writing in their journals. Most wore the thin-rimmed tortoiseshell glasses favored by intellectuals. Their clothes were faded to a precisely fashionable...

We have work to do if you are not to be a total failure like high-waisted, acid-wash jeans.

The fashion industry is finally acknowledging that people are going back into their closet each year, and they have to give shoppers something fresh to wear with the dependable chestnuts. I tell companies it’s got to be a dependable mix of trends and product development. If it’s all about trends, you’re immediately dating the product.

Fashion is a great thing, it’s a way to express who you are.