Tracee Ellis Ross Quotes

My closet is in perfect order at home. All my dress shirts, all my casual shirts. All my suits, they're color coordinated. All my ties are color coordinated.

'Vogue' is a very beautiful magazine, an institution, and I learned so much working there.

All my way through college, I worked my way as a window dresser for Lord & Taylor, so I always liked fashion. I always loved fashion and I love that we can do it and not take it seriously.

I got that experience through dating dozens of men for six years after college, getting an entry level magazine job at 21, working in the fiction department at Good Housekeeping and then working as a fashion editor there as well as writing many articles for the magazine.

I remember Grace (Coddington) looking at me and said, 'Can you do something?' and I was like, 'OK, how long do you give me?' and she said 'Half an hour?', I said 'Forty-five minutes?'

In fashion we're lucky, we make dreams come true.

When I fell into modeling, because I wanted to work in fashion. I wanted to do styling or make-up. I ended getting picked up to be a model instead during my work experience.

I love organization, so I split my clothes into two closets according to seasons.

It's a lot of fun being dressed by designers and surrounded by publicists.

I'm not a model, so the idea of modelling a suit or clothes is weird in itself.

I started wearing high heels when I first worked with Mario Testino. He is tall; I had to be at his height. And I have never stopped since then.

A lot of my best clothes I buy at photo shoots because I don't have time to shop.

I model jeans. You need a bum for those.

I just fell into the job as a fashion editor at a teen magazine. I was there for two years, and I left there as a senior fashion editor at the age of 25.

My aspiration was always to be a fashion editor.

When I was married, I didn't work. When I had my children, I didn't work. But before that, I'd work for Diana Vreeland at 'Harper's Bazaar.'

I just want to make beautiful, glamorous clothes.

I have a sliding glass door on my closet, and when I slide it one way I can see all my uniforms, and the other way is all my own clothes.

I have a sentimental feeling for my very first cover I was on - it was 'Bazaar' Magazine.

I have been so lucky to have the support of 'InStyle' magazine. My first big women's fashion story was for them.

I like very much to put on fashion shows.

I spent two weeks prancing around a studio in Queens in my underwear with nine other guys. They were long days. But what the hell, it was Calvin Klein.

I have always been fascinated by fashion. I never had any interest in waiting tables or bar-tending, so retail was sort of my best option.

I guess you can consider photo shoots modeling, but it's never really interested me. I find it somewhat boring, actually. It wouldn't be something I would do.

To be in 'Vogue' has to mean something. It's an endorsement. It's a validation.