Naeem Khan Quotes

I've never been in love with fashion, actually; trends and catwalks don't interest me. I love clothes; I love them historically and currently. They represent a spirit of the times and the zeitgeist.

I'd love to design bridal dresses.

In designing my bridal collections, I love mixing luxe fabrics, which give the most beautiful texture and dimension to my creations.

Our fashion style is very legendary and very classic. I feel like it's different, and I feel like everybody got our own different style to bring to the table.

In terms of bridal dress, I've tried everything. I've tried short, long, deconstructed, constructed, bustiers, working in fabrics, working in color. I've been working in color in bridal for probably 15 years. Who else would do an entire collection dipped in tea? I did that one year. My design team dipped every single dress in tea in a bathtub. I did that just because I wanted to work out of the vocabulary of white.

I will be 60 or 70 years old still rocking my Chanel blazer with my hair all coiffed.

Clothing has been called intimate architecture. We want to go beyond that.

I make clothing, and I don't care about trendy things.

The beauty of what Apple does at Apple is that they're not on trend; they are classic.

I like to find things that are unconventional and make them look classic, because if I'm forcing something, you can just tell.

I think the fact that my parents weren't conventional - especially considering their position - had a big influence on the way that I conduct myself now in design and business. It had a huge impact on my wanting to do something a bit more than just designing a pretty dress and putting it on a runway and making it glamorous.

Basic clothes are for all women, to last for decades and decades. They are the future and will never change. I am persuaded of that.

Every man's closet must contain a trench coat. It's hard for any gentleman not to look dashing when clad in this swashbuckling style.

Chanel took women out of corsets and put them into the 'simple little black dress,' the perfectly tailored suit, the bell-bottom sailor pants, and jersey tops.

Rachel Zoe is all about timeless.

Timeless wearability has always appealed to me.

Chanel is a very important vendor for Neiman Marcus. My favorite thing is the way they finish off the hems on dresses and jackets.

When I made my debut, I remember bridalwear being the only thing you ever showed at a runway presentation.

My favourite leather jackets are timeless.

I would have liked to invent the plain white shirt, with a skirt and pants to go with it.

When I was designing Mrs. Obama's dress, half of me was saying, 'What would Halston do?' The other half was saying, 'Be who you are.' Halston, me, America, India - it's been such a great combination. This is what makes me who I am, with the clean lines I learned from Halston and complicated Indian over-the-top Bollywood traditions.

I knew I wanted to be a fashion writer but didn't want to contribute to the over-saturated market unless I could contribute in a meaningful way.

I think with bridal fashion, it moves very slowly.

I create fashion that is memorable.

We're really focused on being 'of no time.' We studied the idea of timelessness, looking at what designs in history have become timeless.