Stuart Immonen Quotes

Don't kid yourself; the guy who's onstage in ripped-up jeans is wearing as much a costume as I am.

On stage, I need to be seen from the back seats. So, I dress more colorful and vibrant.

I love a beautiful gown on stage, and luckily I've been fortunate to wear some amazing dresses.

It seems like if you are not painted up special way or have some tailor made outfit to put on to go out on stage... I don't know... there's too much of it out there.

The costumes had to serve the choreography.

Ballet costumes are easier that opera because they are designed for movement.

What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.

I would've been a really good costume designer because, basically, my clothes were like costumes, and I wanted to be a dancer, so there's all of that tulle and color.

When I create a song, I immediately think about what I'm going to wear when I perform that song. I think about the music video treatment and about how I'm going to look on stage when I perform the record. The connection is so obvious that it's a single package. An outfit, to me, is almost a tool to express the music.

I look at performance clothes as setting the mood for the whole show.

Obviously, I wore a lot of crazy things on stage. That's just how it goes.

What I wear onstage is so stylized and bold.

I loved every minute of working in wardrobe. But I love being an actress so much more. I don't think I was very good in costume, so it's better that I prefer being an actress.

Dancers are a work of art - they are the canvas on which their work is painted.

In the early days, we just wore black onstage. Very bold, my dear. Then we introduced white, for variety, and it simply grew and grew.

It really helps me to get into the character of the record when I have a designated look. It just really simplifies things for me.

One thing about costume design - and I think design in general - but especially costume design, is people have a misconception that it's very glamorous work.

I just love the color purple on me, because it goes really well with my eye color.

I love fashion. I think it's so important, because it's how you show yourself to the world.

I wear a hat on stage so that people won't be blinded by the reflection from my head. Also, if I don't wear a hat, there's no way that the hat can be at that level by itself on the stage.

I wish you didn't have to design so often. Try to do quality and cut down on quantity. I think fashion is very, very important.

I think Jenny Beavan is a masterful costume designer and very deserving of the Oscar for 'Mad Max: Fury Road.'

I just think when you are dressing a celebrity, for me, I'm hopefully adding a moment. I always say, 'What role do you want to play?' when we start a fitting.

You have to let the costume inform you.

I really love when music artists like Lady Gaga or Michael Jackson wear outrageous things. Obviously, if I wore something like that I'd look like an idiot, but I really respect fashion.