Donna Karan Quotes

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.

All style is personal - that's what distinguishes it from fashion.

When it comes to fashion, I like to see individuality.

It’s easier to follow fashion than it is to have personal style.

I've always had my own style, I've always been different. I don't like to wear anything that anyone else is wearing because it's very important for me to make a statement.

I always say to people, the Eighties were so inventive because people wanted to stand out. By the time we got to the Nineties, everyone wanted to fit in. It was all about having the same pair of trainers and the same pair of jeans. That's fatal. Whereas the Eighties you would never be seen in the same pair of jeans that somebody else was wearing.

I want everyone to wear what they want and mix it in their own way. That, to me, is what is modern.

I mean yeah, your individual style is your impression to the world.

Every individual has his own style, his own way of presenting himself on and off the field.

I don't have a set style, but I try not to dress like everyone else.

Know your personal style.

We want every woman to have something unique, a wardrobe she can really make her own.

I'm not a trend person. I don't want to look to my right and see somebody in the same thing.

Janelle Monae, she has her own style, and it's specifically hers.

I think the way you dress should be fun. Wearing stuff that people don't normally wear or wouldn't particularly think is their style, I love that. I think that's fun and I think everybody should do it.

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.

It's hard to describe my style. People will tell me that I'm really flowy.

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

It's important to have a good sense of style that sets you apart, so you're not just forgotten after somebody meets you.

Style is the dress of thoughts, and let them be ever so just.

I'm designing what I want. If it's a man's coat with a pair of skinny-leg jeans, I'll do that. It's whatever my mood is. But it's about style, and it's about an understated taste that's cool.

I was never comfortable because I was always trying to wear what was trendy, but it never felt right on my body or in my skin. It felt wrong. I was finally like, hey, fashion and style can be just about self-expresession, about what makes you feel stylish.

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

I have never followed what people say it is 'fashionable'. I think that a woman must wear what fits her. That is why I created a style appropriated to my type and my artistical genre.