Bibhu Mohapatra Quotes

Cuts of clothes and shapes of clothes are really important.

It's just a matter of finding the styles, finding the fabrics, shapes, that accentuate your own body. You can't be altered, but the clothes can.

You can make or break an outfit by not knowing your body type - certain things work on certain people. Make sure you're dressing for your leg-length, hip/chest size, etc.

I like to dress for my body type and for my coloring.

Always try clothes on before you buy them. Stand, sit, walk and inspect yourself from all angles before you buy it so you don't regret it later. Knowing what it looks like on you is very important, as your body shape must suit the cut of the outfit.

Fit is everything. I don't care what your body type is like: If you're not wearing clothes that fit you, you can't have style.

Dress for your body type. Some people are blessed enough to be able to throw on something that Beyonce wears and it looks amazing. If I try to go against the grain and wear something that my body doesn't like, it's going to show.

Dress for your body type and not your age.

I thought it would be more of a challenge than it was to cater for every size, but as you're aware of a woman's curves - they're kind of like a race track - you can create something glamorous and beautiful.

My constant goal is to create clothing that applies to the lifestyle of my customers. My clothing must be aesthetically pleasing in color, texture, and construction. Rapid changes are a part of fashion, and the demands of the industry are that I remain fluid and versatile. But my aesthetic requirements will always be the same.

I think in today's world we've discovered what works, silhouette-wise. A body's a body.

I'd love there to be more larger models, but it's just not going to happen. Designers love to design for slim girls.

I used to design for my body, which was flat-chested with big hips. That's why my clothes were tight on top with full skirts.

I definitely want to design clothes at one point.

Costume designers don't care about trends. They appreciate, above so many other qualities, that tailoring is everything, which is a mantra for the way I dress. Ladies: The most important thing in clothing is to find a good, inexpensive tailor, because clothes at the stores are made for bodies that are anomalies.

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

Fashion is more about taste than money - you have to understand your body and tailor clothes to your needs; it's all about the fit. I do the alterations myself - I'm quite a seamstress - it's the influence of my Hungarian mother.

I was always interested in making clothing that is worn by people in the real world.

Be able to tell whether garments that look good on the hanger actually look good on you.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

It used to be if you wanted something nice to wear, you would sew it yourself for your body type. Women before the 20th century didn't have this problem. Now, it seems we're all squeezed into random designs. They're designed for no one.

Architecture is how the person places herself in the space. Fashion is about how you place the object on the person.

I'm ready to do womenswear. You've always got to be inspired by something new - women have so much more shape and I'm about finding what to engineer around those shapes.

In my research, I learned that the way these twenties pieces are constructed, in one garment, can be very simple, and in others they can be very complicated. That's what made an elusive fit that we can't always get these days. Knowing this, I would like to share some of these secrets and use them in a collection.

Over the years, I've learned that you can have fun with the fabrics and other elements, but if it's not tailored right, you'll blow it.