Nicola Formichetti Quotes

I even do my ready-to-wear samples like couture.

I am still in love with couture because it is just two months from drawing pad to runway so everything on the catwalk is hot from the oven.

I learned to work with my mother, who had an haute-couture business.

I became a fashion designer to make clothes for the people, not to be a top couturier in the French tradition.

Fashion designing involves a lot of work, and, as opposed to the general perception, it is different from costume designing for films. While a fashion designer can take up a costume designer's role, it is not possible vice versa.

I went to Parsons. American sportswear was my education, and that is what is important to me.

I've learned a tremendous amount over the years by watching designers work. I now have a good understanding of what sits well on the body, not to mention the importance of a great cut and quality.

I just want to make beautiful, glamorous clothes.

People get this very romantic vision of a fashion designer who in one night makes 25 sketches and in the morning throws them on the table and there are a lot of women in white aprons with the pins on the lapel and they start to grab the sketches and... It's not like that.

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

In Paris, we call the people who make clothing 'couturiers' - they develop new clothing items - but actually, the work of designing is to make something that works in real life.

After working with clothes for so long, it seemed right to design them.

After months of preparation working with a stylist who explained to me how a fashion house runs and the process of making a dress, I developed a respect for the patience and skill it takes to design these dresses.

I can make 10 jackets of the same colour, same two pockets and same length, that will look like 10 completely different jackets when you put them on. It's about the way they are cut - it makes them look and feel completely different and move differently, and that's a never-ending study. People who wear my clothes will know exactly what I mean.

I model irregular clothing.

It might shock you, but I haven't been to that many fashion shows, and I'd never done a commissioned piece for a fashion house.

My job ranges from creating the initial overall theme of the season, to developing fabrics and sketching to sampling and fitting.

I don't design my own clothes. It's so not what I think about.

I definitely want to design clothes at one point.

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

My mom modeled and made clothes, so I always had such an appreciation for design.

I've never tried to do couture, because it's a whole different beast.

In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.

I'm not an artist. I'm a fashion designer of clothes.

With fashion, you really need to understand the aspects of construction. Not just design on an iPad.