Betsey Johnson Quotes

It's much easier to create a high-end bag than a mass market bag that everyone can afford.

I just think it's great to show a gown that's $8,000 and a shoe that's, like, $25 - but still look fabulous together.

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.

Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.

Hugo Boss is one of those brands that fits me perfectly.

I liked the fact DAKS was an unknown quantity. It's more like Gucci before Tom Ford got there. There's a lot you can do.

A man in Tom Ford will develop a nice, long relationship with the brand. Ford is very smart about positioning his product. He's a name that is going to remain huge.

The price point and the quality are very rare. I don't want people thinking, "I got the look for less." I want them thinking, "I got the look!"

I like the brand Band of Outsiders. Their suits are cut really slim, for smaller framed gentlemen.

The truth is that all great men have had great mothers. Great women have had, as a rule, great fathers.

The first Chanel jacket that I saw - that I knew was Chanel - was on TV. It was on Mrs. Kennedy - the pink one.

I have watched 'Project Runway,' but I'm not a devout watcher of it. But I think it's a great show, what I've seen of it, and I think Tim Gunn is a very positive, amazing guy.

Half a truth is often a great lie.

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

I would have never thought that I'd be doing Chanel.

I could design an $800 shoe line; it's easy. You use the best materials and you can make beautiful shoes. It's easier than making great shoes for $90.

The truth is, I don't have any problem with journalists - I count some of them as friends - also some of my heroes are journalists, I'm a big fan of Robert Fisk - great people or crazy people who are prepared to stand up for what's right.

The truth is, it's not a great career move to create a readership and then, in effect, abandon them.

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.

Nowadays, the truth is, I think a lot of the newer generation of action stars usually are pretty self-deprecating and cool. I mean, Dwayne Johnson is a great example.

We all know and we all perceive Christian Dior in a very specific way.

You know, 'Project Runway' was a really special show, and we had a great five seasons with it. We loved that show, and we loved the stories that it brought to Bravo and the creativity. And it was a magic five seasons.

I think The Row skews toward an older market - an educated consumer who's been shopping for years.

I'm more concerned about Marc Jacobs than the U.S. president.

Hugo Boss is my kind of label.