Tommy Hilfiger Quotes

Yeah, that's what I'm working for. The couture house of the future.

The couture is what a certain kind of clientele wears. But it's amusing to do because you do it piece by piece. It's another concept. It's much more work.

The ultimate art form of fashion is couture. I completely geek out when it comes to couture. It shows fashion as it used to be. I don't know how many people can actually afford the clothes, but in a way, that's beside the point.

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

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

Working for incredible talents like Balenciaga and Antonio Castillo, I learned about the immense skill and creativity involved in couture work.

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 hate the terminology of 'costume' because my clothes are not costumes at all. I think they're high fashion, avant-garde, and more couture, definitely, and yes, some of my pieces are not particularly wearable, but I wouldn't say they're costumes, I'd say they're more couture.

I just want to make beautiful, glamorous clothes.

I'm not a typical couturier, although I really respect them.

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

I have a couture body.

Fashion is so mass-produced now; I hope there will come a refocus on how people see couture. And I would also hope for a new focus on the craft.

You work around a body and adapt the clothes to your own customer, and this is the interesting part. This is why the haute couture exists: because in ready-to-wear, you have not too much fitting.

I love Karl Lagerfield. Riccardo Tisci - I love his work.

Haute couture consists of secrets whispered from generation to generation, If, in ready-to-wear, a garment is manufactured according to standard sizes, the haute couture garment adapts to any imperfection in order to eliminate it.

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.

After all, it's very important for any big-name designer to have a couture range. I leave the ready-to-wear to my partner and team.

I love to design. I am a commercial fashion designer. I always design jackets with two sleeves. I don't design jackets with three sleeves, or the layers and layers come off like little dolls from Russia. Fashion for me is a creative endeavor, but it is not art for me.

I don't think couture will die. But it should have no pretension that it will conquer the world. It's not something that will disappear because all you need is a thread and a needle to start making something couture.

Clothes, thank God I can get them from designers.

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

I'm big into fashion, so after swimming, when I hang up the Speedo, I definitely want to get into fashion and start designing my own clothing line.

I definitely want to design clothes at one point.

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