Jenny Packham Quotes

If someone gives you a belt buckle, it's like a piece of jewelry. It has the same sort of emotional significance. It would be something you would intend to keep forever.

All my collections are very personal. It's also because I'm so involved in making the collections.

I really like stuff that is collectible that you can hold and go, 'There's only a few people that have this.' I like to see that someone's put a lot of labor into making something.

I love getting anything homemade - anything that's from the heart. If you can make or craft your own something, that always goes above and beyond, like, a candle - which is great, but if it's homemade, that's so much better for me.

'Dreamgirls' is special to me.

This is really showing me what certain movies mean to people.

My favorite things often have a story behind them and are usually handmade or discovered at a flea market.

I look for individuality in the artisans I work with for CoutureLab; a loving relationship with the product and care in the construction, along with the story behind it, make couture desirable to consumers looking for something that cannot be mass-produced.

I think you should only wear jewellery if it has a story behind it.

I like my name. My mom named me after a song by the 1970s group Bread. So, it's meaningful, and I like the song. It's a love song - kind of - but it's kind of depressing and dark.

Most of my instruments are handmade.

I have so many pieces that once belonged to my mom and both of my grandmothers. All of these pieces are very sentimental, and I love to wear them. I also have many pieces from my father that I probably cherish the most. I love wearing his dress shirts.

Every film that I have done has a special place in my heart.

Jewelry is something that has to do with emotion. That aspect of jewelry really interests me.

When you give a homemade gift, you are giving a part of yourself to the recipient. You can't do that with a mass-produced item.

I don't like things that can be reproduced. Wood isn't important in itself but rather in the fact that objects made in it are unique, simple, unpretentious.

It's my mother's engagement ring so I thought it was quite nice because obviously she's not going to be around to share any of the fun and excitement of it all - this was my way of keeping her close to it all.

Every life is special.

With the bridal wear I love the fact that people show me their pictures about what I've done for their special day. It's lovely that I'm a part of someone's history.

'Decoded' is definitely close to my heart.

I don't think there's any better present than something passed down from your mama, no matter what it is.

My memories mean a lot to me, and I hold them close to my heart.

On a meaningful day, everything you wear can have meaning. It becomes what I wore That Day, whether that day is a beginning or an end.

My Beijing jersey means more to me than any of them.

Every life is extraordinary.