Matthew Williamson Quotes

I spend my time backstage at the Lanvin shows, and when I come out at the end, all I see are people's eyes.

A fashion show is like a 10-minute play, but there's all this anticipation; Everyone arriving, finding their seats, then there's 10 minutes of people walking past and clothes and music, then the whole thing is finished.

I had never been to a fashion show before going to the Burberry show last month. It was an extraordinary spectacle. I was incredibly green and had no idea what an undertaking it is. I also have a new respect for models because they are so close to the front row and must be so self-conscious.

When I do a fashion show, it's not done until it exits out of the door.

Because I'm on the runway with some of the best models in the industry.

I like very much to put on fashion shows.

During a fashion show, I want the clothes to speak. The effort I put into my work must be respected.

The atmosphere of a shoot is so intimate, while a show is more of a celebration of that designer and their work and the models coming together to walk in the clothing and present the frocks in their unique way.

I absolutely love it. I feel so proud and so happy when I am on a catwalk.

I ran to Rachel [Comey]'s show and on the way I found a potted tree - an umbrella tree - on the street. I always think things are going to be way more intimate than they are and there aren't going to be a lot of people around. I don't know why I think this. I'm always shocked at what a hoopla things are. They were like, 'Hurry up.' So I put the tree down and I see Rachel and she's like, 'Hurry up, sit down.'

I love fashion and appreciate it so much, and I feel like it's moving artwork going down a runway.

No one has ever found a solution for not doing a fashion show.

Actors do like watching girls parade down the runway for some reason.

I love, love, love fashion so much. That's why I became a model in the first place.

When Fashion Week ends, I miss the shows and the shot of adrenaline that comes with them. Each day is a new show, a new fitting, and you make new friends. Every season you get to know the other girls a little better.

When you look at the runway now, the girls are 15 and 16 years old with no knowledge of clothes, no idea how to project themselves. I was trained how to show off the dress, how to move to make the clothes look better.

Clothes are designed for the media, because it's a great show.

One of my dreams is to walk down the runway during Fashion Week!

It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.

Backstage at the Victoria's Secret show is pure madness. Big personalities, big hair, and tons of press.

Just being a model, you're not supposed to speak ever, really.

I am still in love with couture because it is just two months from drawing pad to runway so everything on the catwalk is hot from the oven.

I like the ritual, the liturgy of a well-crafted, emotional fashion show. I will never be jaded with this side of fashion. The catwalk is pure anthropology, something like an esoteric encrypted parade. It can totally be replaced but it will be missed.

Fashion Week is so important for designers.

When I was a little girl, I lived for modeling and fashion - I used to love, love, love modeling.