Narciso Rodriguez Quotes

I went to Parsons. American sportswear was my education, and that is what is important to me.

With fashion, you really need to understand the aspects of construction. Not just design on an iPad.

I have always loved clothes, and the opportunity to design my own line could not be missed. It's a dream job.

Fashion designing involves a lot of work, and, as opposed to the general perception, it is different from costume designing for films. While a fashion designer can take up a costume designer's role, it is not possible vice versa.

I've learned a tremendous amount over the years by watching designers work. I now have a good understanding of what sits well on the body, not to mention the importance of a great cut and quality.

I've learned a lot about doing accessories and making shoes and handbags. I don't think my perspective has really changed. The subtlety of understanding yarns, what makes a fabric what it is - I've learned technical skills and more about the craft.

So many designers only sketch and leave pattern-making to others. Pattern-making is important so you know the structure. Then if someone tells me, 'I can't make a pattern from that sketch,' I can tell them, 'I will make it' and then they are quiet. If I can't make it, I don't design it.

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

Designing was always something I was interested in. I studied fashion design in high school as well as how to sew.

In my research, I learned that the way these twenties pieces are constructed, in one garment, can be very simple, and in others they can be very complicated. That's what made an elusive fit that we can't always get these days. Knowing this, I would like to share some of these secrets and use them in a collection.

I love designing dresses and tops.

I gravitated towards the field of clothing design, partly because it is a creative format that is modern and optimistic.

My mom taught me how to sew when I was super young; I used to make clothes for my dolls. When I finally went to [fashion design] school [in 1999], I really took to pattern making. Everyone in class was good at something; I was the person, if you need help with your patterns, you come to me and I would help you out.

I would love to have my own fashion line because I love sketching.

After working with clothes for so long, it seemed right to design them.

I wanted to be involved with fashion, though I didn't know what being a designer meant.

I can make 10 jackets of the same colour, same two pockets and same length, that will look like 10 completely different jackets when you put them on. It's about the way they are cut - it makes them look and feel completely different and move differently, and that's a never-ending study. People who wear my clothes will know exactly what I mean.

I model irregular clothing.

My job ranges from creating the initial overall theme of the season, to developing fabrics and sketching to sampling and fitting.

I really want to get into designing my own business suit. I've designed a couple suits for myself that I've worn in the past, and I have a good idea of what I want and need to use.

I'd love to do a fashion label in the future. I've been thinking a lot recently about maybe making a line of little dresses, so maybe one day.

I'd like mostly stuff for design, because I like to design clothing.

People get this very romantic vision of a fashion designer who in one night makes 25 sketches and in the morning throws them on the table and there are a lot of women in white aprons with the pins on the lapel and they start to grab the sketches and... It's not like that.

I want to design my own clothing line. I'm very into fashion. It's something I really want to focus on when swimming is over.

Then I learned how to do wraparounds and things like that. I had no experience.