Adam Jones Quotes

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.

The irregular and intimate quality of things made entirely by the human hand.

I take a great deal of value in things that are done by hand or executed by hand.

I like everything rare - cars, shoes, clothes.

Real luxury is customization.

If you build your own chair, there is a lot of things that happen. You could probably buy a nice chair for less money than a chair that you built yourself, and it might even look better, but if you build that chair, you're going to take care of it and maintain it because it's your chair. If it breaks, you know how to fix it.

I only like luxury fashion. You have to decide where you stand. I like well-made, authentic clothes, well-crafted tailoring. I also like the dream and fantasy of luxury, the exception and rarity of it. I have no interest at all in fast retail. It is ambiguous.

I don't think couture will die. But it should have no pretension that it will conquer the world. It's not something that will disappear because all you need is a thread and a needle to start making something couture.

You must be one of the few people with a copy of that. I don't think they printed too many.

Most of my instruments are handmade.

I made every single piece myself, each individual component, so it was quite time consuming.

I want to make things of quality. I'm a big believer in handmade, tactile, crafted pieces. I want to keep that tradition alive.

It's good to make your own things because you can have control of your own art.

Traditionally, those that work in fashion have always had the point of view that items made by hand have their own aura and are something special.

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.

Handmade things tend to be so expensive that only a small part of the population can afford them. And yet making things with hands is such an essential part of being human.

I have always loved to create pieces that are special, unique. It's very important to me that the dress means something to someone. I've no real interest in making something that's an everyday item.

I think exclusivity is important in life. When you look at a hot pair of Jordans, not everybody got them - it's a limited run. You look at guitars. When Gibson made the robot guitar, it was a limited run.

The detail that goes into couture stuff is insane. Everything is handmade - every sequin, every double stitch.

It's couture. Everything has to be done by hand. That is most important. That is the crucial element. Without it, that is not couture anymore.

Uniqueness is the commodity of glut.

Customers want to buy something which is not expensive because of a label but which is costly because of the time taken to produce it.

Knitters use knitting to value-add to the world.

I'm not in the luxury-goods business. I sell unique objects. I wish I was in luxury goods because then I could just call the factory and say, 'I need 10,000 more of whatever.' But I can't - because then it's not art, it's something else.

I used to collect knick-knacks, like wizards, trolls and little buddhas, and arrange them like precious things on a shelf.