Suzy Menkes Quotes

Stephen Jones' hats are what we used to call 'creations'; extravagant, odd things for extravagant, odd people like Madonna or Lady Gaga. They're worn in a parallel universe.

My style is ghetto chic. I love tacky jewelry, mega heels, high-waisted shorts, catsuits.

I love to experiment with fashion. A lot of my inspiration comes from my mom. She is fearless with fashion! I love colors and anything daring.

My style during the day is very casual - boyfriend jeans, T-shirts, Converse, Uggs, whatever. At night, I love heels and thigh-highs, I like something fresh and new, and I'm not afraid to push the envelope.

Most people feel weird about white heels, but I love them and wear them with everything, especially when I need to mix up an all-black outfit.

I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.

I would wear flamboyant clothes and long hair, and most singers at the time didn't.

I love bold, colorful party dresses because they don't need accessories. Just throw one on and you're done.

I'm learning to be braver with colorful clothes, even if they're a little wild.

I love thinking of movie stars who could play the characters in the books I write. I think Charlize Theron would make a lovely Marie Antoinette.

I love American girls. They're audacious. They put more outrageous things on their bodies than anybody.

For stage wear and gowns, Julien McDonald, who is a friend of mine. I love that he can be totally over the top for stage wear!

I love Dolce & Gabbana. I love Versace. I love the crazy, more eccentric stuff.

I don't like looking outrageous.

I'm a real Londoner. We have very grey weather in London, and I think it encourages a very eclectic and crazy fashion sense. I mix high-street stuff with more high-end fashion, and I love vintage.

The love of Louis XVI for mechanical works is well known. He had a little workshop at Versailles where he amused himself making locks, assisted by Francois Gamain, to whom he was much attached and with whom he spent many hours in projecting and executing mechanical contrivances.

My character Preet in 'Fanaah' had a very distinctive appearance: loud make-up and dramatic clothes.

Fortunately, I read (the books) without knowing what I was in for, and the best thing that can ever happen to a reader happened to me: I loved something that, by conviction (or by my nature) I should not have loved

Hate is just as injurious to the hater as it is to the hated. Like an unchecked cancer, hate corrodes the personality and eats away its vital unity. Many of our inner conflicts are rooted in hate. This is why the psychiatrists say, "Love or perish." Hate is too great a burden to bear.

Well, all's fair in love, war and fooling the critics.

Everybody needs love. Everybody. Those who don't believe that frighten me a little.

I possess no weapon but love. With that I have come to do battle. Help me!

Please, God, send me something to adore.

The solution to the problems of marriage and parenting is simple. Spend more time with the people you care about the most.

...if the beginnings of love and amorous politics are equally rosy, then the ends may be equally bloody.