Lauren Beukes Quotes

Fashion is an extension of your personality, and I've always been obsessed. I always want to have something different than everybody else.

I'm really looking to reach any woman who's interested in refining and embracing her personal style.

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.

I'm a lot more interested in style than fashion - style is what makes us who we are.

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

Personal style says so much about who you are. What you wear can entice different things from within you.

The great thing about fashion is that you can create a very unique version of yourself to display to the world.

For me, the best way to know me is to look at my clothing.

My parents are both very stylish, so they always encouraged me to explore when it came to personal style. I went through a lot of crazy phases, and I'm still finding myself.

I was the one who changed, it wasn't fashion. I was the one who was in fashion.

Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak.

Fashion has to reflect who you are, what you feel at the moment, and where you're going.

It will appeal to girls who are confident and have a strong personal expression of style and identity in the way that they dress and what this says about themselves.

I've been realizing lately how horribly vain I am. I do believe that if I'm successful, it's because of my talent and intelligence, but there's pretty privilege in the world - that's a reality. When I was a kid, in middle school, I started going to thrift stores and dressing myself. It was about announcing to the world who I was. That's what fashion was for me, as a kid. You might have an idea of who you think I am, but I'm going to tell you through my fashion choices who I am.

Building a wardrobe is like building a circle of friends your whole life.... Your own beauty is to be yourself, but of course we need tools and accessories.

For me, fashion is an expression of who I am right in that moment - so what you're seeing is what I'm influenced by now.

Personal Style comes from within. It's when the woman, her individuality and spirit come through. She uses clothes to express who she is and how she feels

With time, fashion has become part of my DNA.

It's funny, one of my most solid carpet moments happened in the very beginning, before I started thinking that I needed all these other people to do my hair and makeup, and pick out my clothes. I wore a cheetah sweater and a red hat, and it's one of my favorite looks, even still.

I believe a person's style is an expression of who you are - way more than dancing.

I think clothes are very much a representation of your attitude and the way you feel. I really love to be dressed down, though.

I don't like people to feel completely described by the clothes they wear of mine. I want them to feel that they're describing themselves.

I think everyone evolves over the years, but I have always had the silhouette that I know suits me. I am never going to wear a frothy, poufy thing that sticks out because I have found a style that works for me, and I stick with it.

Some people choose their style at the age of 14, but I changed mine all the time.

I don't really follow fashion exactly, but I've always been very interested in the way that you present yourself as an expression of yourself, so that's my idea of fashion and style from a personal point of view.