Ozwald Boateng Quotes

This sounds crazy, but I was born in the fashion industry. So, I probably wore heels by the age of two. When I was two, I would steal my mom's heels.

I have my own people that make my clothes because it's hard for me to find stuff that fits.

I grew up in a small town in Washington State, so I wasn't really aware of costume design as a career growing up, but I loved clothes. I remember I saved all my money, and the first thing that I bought was a white blazer, which was to the horror to my parents. But I have always had a strange connection with clothing.

For me, what takes up most of the space in my closet are suits. I wear a lot of suits and jackets. But I think every man needs a black suit at home. You can never go wrong in a black suit. But in terms of style, I think it's about being comfortable in what you wear.

I have a very vivid memory of the way my parents spoke, and the 50's that I grew up in are closer to the 20's, I think, than today in many, many ways.

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.

I like fashion. My mum was a dressmaker, believe it or not, so the consequence of that was that all my clothes were homemade, and I looked like a terrible mess until I was old enough to buy my own. But I love good tailoring.

I've certainly seen a lot of my cartoonist friends embrace 'Little Lulu' in a much deeper way because their kids love it so much. But that's not gonna be happening for me. There are no kids coming.

My first day of high school, I wore brown boys' corduroys that my mom had sewn Sesame Street elastic into - they were my coolest pants - and a lime green Patagonia fleece that my mom found at Goodwill. I loved fleece.

Because I'm a designer, I'm quite good when I shop. I know what I'm looking for.

Tailoring your clothes makes all the difference.

My mum used to always dress me and my sister in matching Laura Ashley dresses. And I'd be like, 'Mum, I just wanna wear my Doc Martens!'

You gotta learn your body, how clothes fit on you.

I wanted clothing that I couldn't find, so I decided to make it.

I can't remember a time when I didn't love fashion. As a child, I was always particular about what I'd wear. I remember feeling most aggrieved that I had to put on a dull uniform to go to boarding school.

I make a lot of my own clothes. I don't like wearing the same thing everybody else wears.

My mother was obsessed with clothes, so - as people do - I went in the other direction.

A man can - and should - spend hours trying on jeans and finding the cut for your body type.

When I was 10, I had dyed red hair, and I used to paint my nails - I think my mum secretly loved it.

In grade school, my mother, who was a professional tailor, would make all my clothes. I became obsessed with designing them myself.

I spent every day of third grade wearing a glittery purple cowboy hat.

Interestingly, when I look at pictures of me when I was five or six years old, I think I look pretty stylish.

I like to take my time when I'm designing and constructing outfits.

My Chinese grandmother was a dressmaker, so I always enjoyed dressing up and looking cool.

When I was a kid, I loved really loud things. My grandmother and I went to the Fulton Mall, and I bought a three-piece suit that was paisley. Paisley over the whole suit. I was 6 and thought it was great. My mother took a photo of me in it, sent it to my grandmother, and burned the suit.