Masaba Gupta Quotes

I'd love to design bridal dresses.

I went looking for dresses and realized there was a niche I could fill in the wedding dress market.

I think with bridal fashion, it moves very slowly.

When we first started doing bridal, I found the bridal business very archaic; it was very removed from general fashion.

When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn't find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That's when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business.

Designing bridal is perfect for me, because black is my least favorite color, if you could call it a color.

We've been seeing a lot of brides buying two dresses for their wedding, especially in America, and a lot of brides are talking about changing shoes halfway through. It is a very long day to be wearing one pair of shoes, however comfortable they are. It is about marrying that combination of style and comfort together.

When I made my debut, I remember bridalwear being the only thing you ever showed at a runway presentation.

I wanted to create a bridal collection that is both a natural extension of the mainline eveningwear but, at the same time, reflects the opulence of such an important celebratory event.

How cool it is to see a bride walking down the aisle with a beautiful long gown with beautiful layers of tulle and organza, unveiling their mini dress at the party?

There was no relationship between a wedding dress and fashion. There was no good taste, either. I realized that I could make an impression in terms of changing and readdressing the whole industry of bridal.

Being a bride for Gaultier was a very special moment for me.

Creating a bridalwear collection was a natural progression from my evening wear collections, which are well known for their softly draped and diaphanous silk gowns.

There is such an emotional connection between the bride and her wedding dress, whereas in ready-to-wear you may just be focusing on color or prints for that particular season.

I want to offer a wide range of classic and contemporary bridalwear to suit all personalities, readily available to try on.

Fashion it's not just about learning how to draw pretty pictures, and how to sew, it's everything that makes up your life.

A bride should look at everything she possibly can...just so she can experiment and see what makes her really feel beautiful or glamorous or classical or whatever she desires to be on that particular day.

I brought color to bridal. There was one whole season of blush. If you think about the bareness, the illusion (fabric), the corsets that I did in bridal, they were trends in ready-to-wear, too.

The important question is, what will your wear for a wedding dress, Alexia? You look horrible in white.

Fashion as a whole is a farce, completely. The people behind it are perverted, the styles are created by freaked out people, just natural weirdos. I know this because I worked with all those people while I was modeling.

It's an art installation to put out a collection, with the people behind the scenes who are inventing and creating these designs and making sure they're realized on the catwalk, and just how much hangs on it for the designers. Their livelihoods hang in the balance, as far as whether this year's collection works for them or not, and there are so many people's jobs on the line, as a result of that. I just had no idea.

The last time a straight man worked in the fashion industry, we got a fanny pack.

I think it's changing is that business is not as good as it was and it has become a real question in the world of fashion. You see, bags and shoes don't take on the seasonal quality that fashion does. A black leather bag can be good in any season, but you can't say the same about fashion, particularly about fabrication.

[The] maid of honor - the unambiguous, grown-up equivalent of wearing best friend necklaces.

The bride, the white bride today a maiden, tomorrow a wife.