Krystle D'Souza Quotes

I don't care for brands. I'm more of a boutique shopper because the things I will find there are unique, and there won't be any copies.

I do most of my shopping online. It's just convenient for me.

We're dealing with sophisticated customers. What's most important to these women is individuality. I have to create things she'll want to wear, no matter who she is.

I like to be a little different. I like details. Whatever I wear, I always have a say.

I don't have the kind of style that I feel like would serve any and everyone.

Everything I wear is custom made.

I don't like to go to regular, big stores - I don't like to wear anything anybody else does.

Everybody's not gonna understand what I wear because they don't shop where I shop.

I have always liked wearing clothes that help me stand out quietly, not loudly.

I like to have personality in my way of dressing. I think being normal is a bit boring.

Over the years, the way our customers shop our stores and websites has changed and will continue to change with the increasing popularity and convenience of smart phones and tablets.

I think, as e-commerce grows as a category, most e-commerce companies are focused on women because they are the decision makers and the consumers. When you think of e-commerce, and fashion is a big part of that, women are much more in tune with what other women are looking for online.

I look to many different women for inspiration but try to make things my own.

I can come up with 30 T-shirt designs in a day, but it's just about where to slot each of them. That's streetwear to me. It's about knowing where to buy things, not this mass thing you can get anywhere.

I'd never wear something that's too generic.

When I got older, I wanted to have shoes that no one else had, so I started to choose different shoes; then it followed to my clothes.

If you are confident about yourself and wear what you love, you will exude a style of your own.

I was the bohemian in my family, the "this is my favorite shoe and I don't care if it has tape around it" kind of person. The tape could become a fashion statement. Or a political statement.

I always said that I'm not into mass-marketing things. If there's one thing that looks cool, that's fine by me. I'm not interested in a whole bunch of stuff.

I'm 100 percent original, and that's what got me here. My rap music is more understandable, slower. It tells a story. You can write a book on each of my thoughts.

I'm not a fashionista - I adore creative and original people with their own style.

I'm interested in seeing just the girl on the street because she is unlike any other. I'm inspired by whatever it is she might be wearing.

Be yourself. It's the most important part of anything that you do. It's not fashion. It can be whatever you want to do.

I only do what I do. For me, it is a craft. It's got to be my own thing - otherwise, I would never be successful. I could easily go to the archives and pull 1987 or 1991 collection by Calvin Klein. But when you look in there, you realize that it was never about one piece. It was about the collections as bodies of work.

Finally and most important of all, authenticity means that you must do what you do the way you do it and allow everyone else the same courtesy. There was a time I wanted to be like every famous writer that ever lived. I tried to copy styles, reframe information, use similar artwork. I almost drove myself crazy! Now I just do what I do. I have mentors. There are people whose work I admire, but I write the way I write. I eat the way I eat. I dress the way I dress. I can't believe that God made us each so unique only to have us do everything the same way.