Thorstein Veblen Quotes

Wealth has never been a sufficient source of honour in itself. It must be advertised, and the normal medium is obtrusively expensive.

You don't have to carry a designer bag that costs more than a car to look cool.

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

It's true with fashion, acting, anything: Make sure it's timeless, but at the same time, there's got to be a little hint of risk.

Fashion isn't interesting when it comes from an uninspired place.

Every day, I like to make hats that make people dream.

Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.

The best and the worst thing about fashion is that anyone can do it. But because fashion can be the most unintellectual thing, you have to turn it into an intellectual exercise just for your own sanity. You have to start with a conceit.

I am quite amazed how, when people earn lots of money, they think they have to spend it on things that give them access to the club constituted by the people who are in their tax bracket.

I think people need to see Prince live to really understand how remarkable he is. He has always been inspiring because he is never afraid to break rules or barriers or invent something new - and if you love fashion, then you need to be able to do that.

A Rolex watch or an expensive car are the things guys often use to show status, wealth, and basic desirability.

Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.

Fashion is my passion, and I respect the creativity that you find in its different levels.

When Tom Ford asked me to consult for Gucci, I had never consulted in my life. I didn't know what consulting was, and look, we made something amazing.

To me, growing up in South Wales, a pair of Diesel jeans were the thing to have - if you could afford them.

At some point, extra incomes don't go to sate desires but to attempt to buy status through 'positional goods' - like the hottest car on the block. The problem is that there can only be one hottest car on the block.

The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and heart.

New York vintage is too expensive!

I've never been impressed by somebody who came in with a crocodile bag, you know?

Customers often value a good more when its price goes up. One reason may be its signaling value. An expensive handcrafted mechanical watch may tell time no more accurately than a cheap quartz model; but, because few people can afford one, buying it signals that the owner is rich.

I want to make dubstep something beautiful.

There is something about Dior that reminds me of New York City Ballet. They both have a classic, glamorous basis but are trying to evolve the arts in new and innovative ways.

I think that fashion, for a long time, has been in a prison. Without freedom. I think that without freedom, with rules, it's impossible to create a new story.

Schiaparelli, for me, is about eclecticism.

Fashion is really our armor in the world.