Hamish Bowles Quotes

The pret-a-porter collection will be the same as couture in essence: I love luxury, beautiful products, handmade with care, but at more accessible prices.

I love Chanel. Chanel, Chanel, Chanel, Chanel!

I love cashmere. For casual, I like Juicy Couture. I love the beading in Badgley Mischka. I like Dolce & Gabbana. There's such a lot to choose from.

A Chanel bag will retain its value if you want to sell it to a vintage shop. I've got Chanel bags from the 1980s and they have that fashion heritage aspect.

I search for items that have history, like vintage finds - I love fur kitten-heel house slippers from the 1950s - and pieces from fashion houses that have been around for a long time, like Chanel and Dior.

As long as I have fashion memories, Schiaparelli has been there.

For me, a Thom Browne suit is an investment.

I love Yves Saint Laurent and Giambattista Valli and Givenchy, and I get given quite a lot, but perhaps nothing is as wonderful as the white fake leather trench coat I got when I was 15.

I inherited some Chanel pieces from my mother. I've worn Prada - absolutely. Wonderful designers are inspiring. I also love designers not known. I love a lot of vintage pieces. I am pretty minimal, pretty classic.

Many young people don't know what Versace represent. I want to show what makes Versace an iconic brand.

My wardrobe consists of antique clothes, many of my designs, plus shoes and shirts from Brooks Brothers and Paul Stuart.

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.

You honestly can't go wrong with All Saints. I live in their leather!

I try and borrow my mom's vintage stuff as much as she lets me - she has this amazing vintage Gucci that I love.

We built our fashion around three fundamental concepts: Sicily, tailoring, and tradition. Our dream is to create a style which is timeless, and to create clothes with such a strong personality that whoever sees them can instantly say without a shadow of a doubt: this is a Dolce & Gabbana.

I found a red Oscar de la Renta raincoat, and it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

I've been introduced to some huge designers that I could never afford. It's really cool.

I like Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. I have some great Balenciaga jackets and I'm shoe crazy.

I wear a lot of Brioni and Ferragamo and Dolce, all of those kind of things.

I've worn dresses from all different price ranges, and the thing that couture dresses have in common is that the fit is amazing.

For me, one of the biggest designers is Azzedine Alaia. Everything he is doing is fantastic.

You can't beat a Diane Von Fostenburg wrap dress; I always tend to go for the wrap dresses with a little more structure. I also love Prada shoes.

I'm quite low-key - Isabel Marant is one of my favourite designers.

I really love Paul Smith. And Chrome Hearts. They make the most beautiful, high-end leather and outerwear and jewelry you've ever seen. But I'm not a big fan of shopping. I certainly am a fan of clothes and especially people that put time into the construction of them.

I don't really buy designer stuff. I have a few nice things, but I don't really have the occasion to wear couture too often.