Erin O'Connor Quotes

I'm pretty conservative. I believe that buying good quality is a good investment. I buy fewer things but of better quality.

A bad investment is going for quantity over quality. If you're trying to be careful with your wallet, especially with the economy right now, you have to choose staple pieces.

Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.

I don't go cheap on anything, but I'm not a shopper. If I want something, I look at it, decide what it is, but it will usually be the best product. I've got a pair of loafers that I still wear that I got in 1957.

If you invest in something a little more expensive with longevity, you'll use it more.

I'd like to see fashion slow down a bit. What freaks me out about fashion today is the speed - the speed of consuming, the speed of ideas. When fashion moves so fast, it takes away something I always loved, which is the idea that fashion should be slightly elusive. Hard to grasp, hard to find.

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, 'At my age, I don't even buy green bananas.'

There is no victory at bargain basement prices.

I'm not interested in wasting money on a project.

I tend to splurge on fancy dresses because I always think I'll get a lot of wear out of them, but it's false logic. You should really spend more money on the things you wear every day, like jeans.

Aficionados of Slow design and Slow fashion use ethical and green materials to make objects - furniture, clothes, jewellery - that lift the spirit and last a lifetime rather than one catwalk season.

Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.

Coats are my favorite thing, and it's always cold in England. I'm comfortable spending a bit of money if you know you're going to be wearing it 10 years later.

I don't buy trends, because the pieces don't last and I wind up never wearing them. That's why I like to shop with my children; they'll always tell me the truth.

Small, slow growth is the best I expect from an investment. I'm a real saver: frugal - like my parents.

What is OK is to spend money for productivity. What is not OK is just to light money on fire.

You want to live a life in which the things you have traded your hard-earned money for are quality items that really do uplift your life.

There's a whole generation of women who never really heard the word investment before, when it came to fashion. They've been buying things because they were cheap.

French women don't have too many clothes - a few good pieces that last for a while and are classic and timeless.

Whenever I'm in sync with the trends, it's always an accident. I still love wearing clothes I've had for ten years. I think understated luxury is the chicest thing.

I'm not against people buying clothes; I think clothes are wonderful, and I'm very materialistic myself - but there's a way of finding a compromise. I just think we can buy less and pay more, to make sure people aren't being exploited.

It's not that I don't believe in creativity and innovation and new ideas, and the creativity that comes with fashion, which I really respect. But one of my biggest concerns is just how cheap we expect everything to be.

In the last couple of years, fashion's gotten a lot safer. People are really pulling back.

I hate trends, but I love fashion.

I think it is a good thing to buy less and choose well - it's good for the environment and to be fair it's also good for me because my clothes are quite expensive.