Leandra Medine Quotes

To me, even what the glossies would consider a fashion disaster are still self expression.

The shirt thing just started one day when I bought one with a really interesting pattern, and people laughed at it, so I thought, 'I'll keep buying daft shirts with flowers on.'

I'm comfortable looking sexy. I don't push it with poses, although I like the ironic part of it. That's what makes it fun.

If I want to wear a dress, I'll wear a dress.

Fashion fosters cliches of beauty, but I want to tear them apart.

I was a total floral hippie as a child so when I finally could make my own choices, I've been living in different black suit jackets and been really drawn to masculine clothes.

You can do anything and be a star. You can dress like however you want, and you can do whatever you want. If you wanna wear meat suits like Lady Gaga, good. She's freaking amazing! She's doing that, and she's unbelievable. I can wear T-shirts and still be great, too. So that's just what I'm proving to people.

I got my first leopard print coat when I was 15. I nearly got beat up, but I was happy with it.

That is the key of this collection, being yourself. Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way to live.

I love fashion as an art; I love fashion as costume, as a character. I don't like dictates and the phoniness of appearance.

I wanted to try to push some freedom into the men's clothes.

Look at Scottish guys wearing kilts - you could look at them and laugh, but the way they carry themselves, how can you? You can wear some of the weirdest things and be cool. If you believe in it, that's what makes it cool.

When I dress in a certain way and do my hair and makeup in a certain way, it's not to get attention.

People should just express themselves and not worry about trends - try to use fashion like a compass, an indicator, examples of things that you can be. It's not to be taken so seriously. It's just clothes.

Personal style isn't simply an exercise in parroting but rather an exhibition for our own stories - from the gait of our walk to the rhythm of our speech to the manner in which the necktie falls from the knot.

Taking sartorial risks and not following other people is what makes you stand out.

I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.

People should dress the way they want. Any rules for age or shape are silly.

When I first started out, I got criticism for the way I looked. I think, now, it's a good thing because, why would you want to look like everyone else?

Amidst globalisation, trends are becoming worldwide, so it's important to take a unique approach to what fashion has to offer. Be yourself in the middle of it all; fashion shouldn't be 'try hard.'

The little black dress expresses a moment of freedom and individuality every time.

I'd wear clogs, short pants and ladies' bracelets. I created this aura for myself.

Clothes are like a suit of armour when you're young. I was quite a shy teen, so I wanted to make aggressive statements with the way I looked. I'd say my goth/indie stage was the worst: there was a lot of experimentation involving pink food dye in my fringe.

I was like little-miss wannabe punk-rocker; I would go home and secretly listen to Pink, and dance around, like, 'Ugh, she understands me so well!'

I like shocking people just because, like, I can wear a dress, too. Not even for people to go, 'Oh she's grown up,' but to show people that I'm actually a girl.