Aslaug Magnusdottir Quotes

After working with clothes for so long, it seemed right to design them.

I've learned a tremendous amount over the years by watching designers work. I now have a good understanding of what sits well on the body, not to mention the importance of a great cut and quality.

I love designing dresses and tops.

I gravitated towards the field of clothing design, partly because it is a creative format that is modern and optimistic.

I can make 10 jackets of the same colour, same two pockets and same length, that will look like 10 completely different jackets when you put them on. It's about the way they are cut - it makes them look and feel completely different and move differently, and that's a never-ending study. People who wear my clothes will know exactly what I mean.

I had used the stretch materials for years to shape the inside of garments I made for private clients. Then I just started using them on their own.

I love designing costumes that I can actually construct, working to create an environment that people want to be in.

I model irregular clothing.

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

I design some of my own clothes now.

I really want to get into designing my own business suit. I've designed a couple suits for myself that I've worn in the past, and I have a good idea of what I want and need to use.

Watching my dad, Ralph Lauren, design clothes when I was young, I was always inspired.

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

I'd like mostly stuff for design, because I like to design clothing.

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

I wanted to be considered a good craftsman. I wanted my dresses to be constructed like buildings, molded to the curves of the female form, stylizing its shape.

With fashion, you really need to understand the aspects of construction. Not just design on an iPad.

The worlds of art and fashion have always been very intertwined at Dior. Francois-Xavier Lalanne and his wife, Claude, for instance, did windows for Monsieur Dior. Dior himself was a gallerist before becoming the revolutionary fashion designer we all know.

Designing was always something I was interested in. I studied fashion design in high school as well as how to sew.

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've always loved fashion design. I love drawing and creating looks and styling.

Both of my grandmothers were needlewomen, so I grew up around dress design.

In 1984, I was contacted by Michael Taylor, who had won a commission from a sponsor and decided he would like to paint a picture of me. I agreed to do it, because I'm not unused to sitting for portraits: my father was a commercial artist and I used to model for him.

Fashion designing involves a lot of work, and, as opposed to the general perception, it is different from costume designing for films. While a fashion designer can take up a costume designer's role, it is not possible vice versa.

I am a clothes maker, and that's all I am. I only want to talk about the making of the clothes. I don't feel the need to go out there and explain that.