Sophie Dahl Quotes

I have my own people that make my clothes because it's hard for me to find stuff that fits.

I'm short, and I always need to alter everything, and I alter a lot of what I wear.

If you're going to buy a suit, don't buy one off the peg if you can afford not to. Go to a tailor, as I always do; find the style you like, and have it fitted to your shape.

I'm built like a 14-year-old boy. I have no waist, so anything I wear has to have a lot of trickeration going on. I don't fit into girl dresses. I can't just slip it on.

Because I'm so tall, clothes look different on me than they do on others.

You can't fit your clothes well and look your best if you don't know what you're working with.

Costume designers don't care about trends. They appreciate, above so many other qualities, that tailoring is everything, which is a mantra for the way I dress. Ladies: The most important thing in clothing is to find a good, inexpensive tailor, because clothes at the stores are made for bodies that are anomalies.

I'm taller than most actresses, so most corsets tend to be too short in the body.

Tailoring your clothes makes all the difference.

Over the years, I've learned that you can have fun with the fabrics and other elements, but if it's not tailored right, you'll blow it.

It's so much easier when you're a size two or three to just slip on anything. But a big girl, sometimes you've got to strap some stuff down!

The thing I learned about suits is that they only fit you for about a week after you've had them tailored.

I think every girl should have a tailor in her phone. It's part of why we beat ourselves up, or why shopping is so frustrating and hard: we have this assumption that when you take something off the rack, it will fit you.

It is a pleasure if you pull out all your clothes out of the wardrobe and manage to fit into everything easily.

I'm comfortable with anything that fits me well. Bad tailoring is what I am uncomfortable with.

It's always nice to have new clothes made for you.

Jumpsuits for men are always so difficult when you get to that one area.

When I was working with Tom Ford, he would just look at me and ask, 'Will you wear it?' I'd say, 'Ah, too long, too short, lower waist, deeper V, unbutton' - that sort of thing. I don't create clothes, but I definitely know how to make them come alive.

I never thought that tailoring was something that normal people did; I just thought that it was something that guys who had suits made of Italian silk depended on, and I wish someone had told me what a difference tailoring makes!

And you know, the baby boomers are getting older, and those off the rack clothes are just not fitting right any longer, and so, tailor-made suits are coming back into fashion.

Like most people, I used to wear clothing off the rack. But having them fitted to me makes a really big difference, especially with pieces like a cocktail dress. Little nips and tucks can take 10 pounds off you.

Even buying a swimsuit is super difficult. And then making one is even harder.

You can tailor garments all you want, but if it doesn't fit in the arms or legs, it never will.

A man in a well tailored suit will always shine brighter than a guy in an off-the-rack suit.

Fashion is more about taste than money - you have to understand your body and tailor clothes to your needs; it's all about the fit. I do the alterations myself - I'm quite a seamstress - it's the influence of my Hungarian mother.