Eileen Ford Quotes

The best and the worst thing about fashion is that anyone can do it. But because fashion can be the most unintellectual thing, you have to turn it into an intellectual exercise just for your own sanity. You have to start with a conceit.

I don't design clothes, I design dreams.

As far back as I can remember, I had an interest in fashion. I used to go to sleepaway camp, and they'd provide a list of things that you had to bring, and I always wanted to be a bit more creative than the list allowed. Like, if they required chinos, I wanted to hand-paint them.

I feel very fortunate that I make everything I wear head to toe every day.

To me, fashion is ceaselessly fascinating because it is an expression of self.

You think there's a rule book, in a way, until you realize there's absolutely no rule book, and you can use a red carpet to express something about yourself. There are so many wonderful designers in the world, and they create such wonderful things. Why go with something uninteresting?

I think fashion and artistry go hand in hand.

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

I'm not even sure I have a style! All I know for sure is I don't want to look like everyone else.

I am interested in the idea of 'taste.' And by 'taste,' I mean opinion, inspiration and the craft of creating a personality through fabric and design.

I started being a photographer because I liked fashion. I liked the idea of dressing up and changing my look. I got earrings, dyed my hair. I would dress like a fashion photo.

Fashion is ultimately a form of self-expression. That's why I love trying out new things.

I love fashion and am not scared to deviate from the norm.

Fashion is to please your eye. Shapes and proportions are for your intellect.

Everything is very individual for me in the way that I work; I don't just show a rotating rack of clothes.

Style is something very individual, very personal, and in their own unique way, I believe everyone is stylish.

Dandyism is a variety of genius.

I think everybody has their own unique style.

Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.

A sense of style can be sort of fun, as long as it doesn't get in the way.

Fashion is what people tell you to wear. Style is what comes from your own inner thing.

I don't know about style. I know about my personal style.

Fashion and interior design are one and the same.

To me, style is consistency.

I like design, I like details, to me it is just another form of self-expression.