Azzedine Alaia Quotes

I am still in love with couture because it is just two months from drawing pad to runway so everything on the catwalk is hot from the oven.

I just want to make beautiful, glamorous clothes.

I'm not a typical couturier, although I really respect them.

I learned to work with my mother, who had an haute-couture business.

I've never tried to do couture, because it's a whole different beast.

I was always interested in making clothing that is worn by people in the real world.

I am totally, completely, 100% in love with fashion. I would wear Chanel gowns to the grocery store if I could. I'm a huge fan of Chanel and Versace, and I actually have always dreamed of designing my own line one day.

I became a fashion designer to make clothes for the people, not to be a top couturier in the French tradition.

You work around a body and adapt the clothes to your own customer, and this is the interesting part. This is why the haute couture exists: because in ready-to-wear, you have not too much fitting.

The ultimate art form of fashion is couture. I completely geek out when it comes to couture. It shows fashion as it used to be. I don't know how many people can actually afford the clothes, but in a way, that's beside the point.

After months of preparation working with a stylist who explained to me how a fashion house runs and the process of making a dress, I developed a respect for the patience and skill it takes to design these dresses.

After all, it's very important for any big-name designer to have a couture range. I leave the ready-to-wear to my partner and team.

I don't design my own clothes. It's so not what I think about.

For contemporary fashion, I'm a huge fan of so many of the people out there. I think Azzedine Alaia holds up through three generations of very specific, beautiful design. I think Jean Paul Gaultier also is very interesting with a long span.

I definitely want to design clothes at one point.

My mom modeled and made clothes, so I always had such an appreciation for design.

I love the idea of couture and its emphasis on creation. There's where I made my name - in design - and there's where I'd like to stay.

There are people who, if they see something in couture that they perceive as ready-to-wear, they're in shock.

At Ungaro, I discovered the flou and the language of Paris.

In Paris, we call the people who make clothing 'couturiers' - they develop new clothing items - but actually, the work of designing is to make something that works in real life.

I happen to have an expensive clothing habit, so, for me, designing clothes is a way to kill two birds with one stone.

I love Karl Lagerfield. Riccardo Tisci - I love his work.

Thom Browne is, in my opinion, one of the great minds in men's wear.

I'd love to go to fashion week! I'm learning more about designers, thanks to 'Pretty Little Liars' costume designer, Mandi Line.

I have always been interested in fashion and even contemplated being a fashion designer at one point of time.