Martin Gore Quotes

In the South America of the forties and fifties, everyone was into beauty and glamour and fashion.

I was a little, tiny kid in the '80s, but I do remember seeing the styles of clothes, and I remember the cars from that era.

I still wear minis and cardigans, but I think I'll steer away from shoulder pads.

The '80s were fabulous. The '90s sucked, and the '70s were just a sad, sad time in human history. Go 1980s! There's something that's just so cute about that time. And not just yellow nail polish and 'I'm a loner.'

By the 1980s, practically no one under 60 in the real civilian world wore hats for anything except weddings, funerals or Ascot. Hats had been in competition with hair, and hair had won. Thirty years before that, Brits of all classes and ages wore hats all the time.

I love the pictures of Old Hollywood, seeing the directors dressed in suits and ties. Even the grips would be wearing ties. But the biggest thing is when I was a kid, I couldn't wait to be an adult, and I think what happens with most guys is that no one wants to be an adult anymore. So they're dressing like kids.

One thing the futurists never get right, though, is that the extreme desire for polyester only lasted a brief period in the '70s!

Police boxes, tweed blazers and bow ties feel quite English, but I think that is one of his virtues, one of the strengths of 'Doctor Who.'

When I was a kid, I was trendier. I'd wear anything. I was in love beads and platforms.

In the old days I never thought about money - but then, of course, the clothes were so ugly in the '80s there was nothing I wanted.

I love what TLC did with the baggy pants. I love a lot of throwbacks.

The 80s was an outstanding era.

When it comes to the '90s, there's nothing I want to repeat.

A lot of my designs are inspired by the 1930s, when people were fabulous at dressing up. Then it just all kind of fell away.

I had a vague memory of being that ridiculous at one time. Let he who hath never worn parachute pants cast the first stone.

In the 80's we had high, high, waisted pants, that if they came up any higher they'd have to go up another size, if you know what I mean.

I've always loved the fashion of the '30s and everything that came with the Art Deco era - the jewelry and the glamour.

Men in makeup, obviously, is a very new concept. It has not been widely accepted in the past.

I'm fascinated by historical fashion, and I like to live in the past slightly. If I could walk around all day dressed in a crinoline, I would.

I'm from the '80s, man. I got ideas; that's what we do.

Everyone looks cool in the '90s.

I love seeing fashion from the past making a comeback.

I love the garishness of the '90s - the giant platform shoes, the sparkly butterfly tops, the chokers.

I look back at the 1990s with its light-wash jeans, and I'm like, 'What...?'

I know part of nostalgia is romanticising the past, but I love doing things in a slower way, and the glamour of bygone eras.