Issey Miyake Quotes

I love being able to express myself through what I wear - and for it to be a way of expressing uniqueness and individuality.

Fashion has always played a major role in my life and my personal style has transitioned and evolved as years passed.

Fashion is something that comes and goes. What remains is your style and that's nothing but an extension of your personality that you are showcasing via your clothes.

Clothes should always feel personal.

For me, clothes are kind of character; I don't follow fashion or understand trends.

The sexiest thing about style is if you kind of just take your personality and put it in what you wear. That's what I think is cool.

I think fashion is a lot of fun. I love clothes. More than fashion or brand labels, I love design. I love the thought that people put into clothes. I love when clothes make cultural statements and I think personal style is really cool. I also freely recognize that fashion should be a hobby.

No, because I've never really changed my style that much.

I'm not fashionable, and I know nothing about fashion, but I have my individual style, and style is eternal.

I've always liked my clothes, even before I could properly afford them. Clothes for me were never a cloak, a cover. They were how I chose to express myself.

You have a more interesting life if you wear impressive clothes.

Probably my first couple years in the league, I started paying more attention to what I was wearing. Once I got a few bucks in my pocket and I could afford some nice things, and you get to go, 'OK, let's try some of these things.' And once you try something you like, you probably don't change it much.

Clothing is so much a part of who we are; that's our way of expressing ourselves.

When I get dressed, it's like freestyling.

It is a way to express yourself. Fashion has to be individual and I like to express my fashion the way I style myself.

I love clothing and waking up every day and figuring out what I want to say with my clothing.

Fashion can often be dictated. It's what people think we should do or wear. Style is totally personal.

Fashion, to me, is trends - it's what other people are wearing; it's what's hot this season. I'm not as interested in that. Style, to me, is personal. Style is what each individual has.

Fashion has always been an important part of my life.

Style is anti-fashion; it's not about following trends.

I know fashion is a material thing, but we live in a material world and I love clothes.

Whether it's fashion or it's home, it's all about style. The clothes we wear send a message about how we are perceived, and our home does the same thing.

With time, fashion has become part of my DNA.

I love fashion and there is no easier way to express yourself than through the clothes you wear.