Marcel Wanders Quotes

We don't need fashion to survive, we just desire it so much.

'The more expensive the better' is kind of the American way, and if you spent $600 for a sweatshirt, then that makes it better.

I write the shopping column. I think I've proven my superficiality.

You know, if you love something, you should love it regardless of whether it costs five dollars or 500 or 5,000 dollars. Unfortunately, that's not the way our culture works, and we do collectively buy into this idea that things that are more expensive probably have more value.

L'Oreal's slogan 'because you're worth it' has come to epitomise banal narcissism of early 21st century capitalism; easy indulgence and effortless self-love all available at a flick of the credit card.

Status-driven, conspicuous consumption thrives from the language of novelty.

I lust after iPods or Mini Coopers not because they're unique, but because they've been so artfully made that I couldn't imagine doing it better myself.

Some people just use beautiful things to just shop or to have a tribal feeling - 'Oh, blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Hermes; blah, blah, blah, I'm wearing Saint Laurent; blah-blah blah' - because it's like a need, a tribe, recognition: 'Ahh, my Rolex.' But I run away from anything which is too recognizable - it's my nature.

Do I care about clothes and stuff? Not much. It's a bit sick, isn't it, people spending all that money on clothes? I'm too stingy. I wouldn't pay £100 for a shirt.

I love consumerism, TV culture, shopping malls. There's nothing I'd ever buy, but I like being there. It's wacky.

It's no secret that in our society, and many before, people are trend followers. For some reason, they feel better about themselves if they are dressed in the latest fashion or have the newest tech gadget.

We belabour, I think, under a very heavy crust of consumerism really.

Most of the things we buy are wants. And we call them needs, but they're wants.

We live in an era of consumerism and it's all about desire-based consumerism and it has nothing to do with things we actually need.

Little children love bright, shiny things - and in my experience, most grown-up women aren't very different!

The media is convincing people that if you have that 'next thing,' that diamond, the right car, then you'd be happier.

Nice clothes fall apart. Nice clocks don't work. Bits fall off the nice cooker. It is hard to accept that pricing is unrelated to quality, but it's plainly true. Nowadays, we pay the price that satisfies our particular personality type; and then we live with the painful consequences.

I just love to shop. If I could, I would shop every single day in every single store and spend all of my money which, you know, I do anyway.

Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them.

Diamonds are intrinsically worthless, except for the deep psychological need they fill.

I love buying things. I could be one of those crazy hoarders.

I'm more of a handbag girl; my guilty pleasure is bags. I don't even have a clue how many I own.

Where consumption is both conspicuous and competitive, humanity will never run out of new wishes. All the while, industry creates new desires that are marketed, in the great fashion paradox, as both novelty and need.

At the pinnacle of great design are products so gorgeous and lust-worthy that you want to lick them: a Porsche 911, Samsung's Luxia TV, an Eames lounge chair or anything by Loro Piana.

I love going shopping.