Jason Wu Quotes

I don't like the collusion between high fashion design and high street. You have to know where you stand. I belong to luxury fashion. That's what I've always felt and embraced. I like the best quality, the best fabrics and the most creative field in fashion. I will stay consistent. I belong to this world.

My clothes have always been expensive. Even though I have had a few lower-priced lines over the years, little by little everything I do tends toward the luxury market.

Fashion is an ultimate luxury - I mean, you don't need it - so it should bring you pleasure and make you happy. I don't like the idea of people revering it.

I design for myself and the first question I ask is, 'Would I wear it?'

I don't really buy designer stuff. I have a few nice things, but I don't really have the occasion to wear couture too often.

I don't feel comfortable defending my clothes. But if you've got the money to afford them, then buy something from me. Just don't buy too much.

I get a lot of backlash for wearing designers that I feel are creators and artists. I get it all the time.

I do like to buy my own clothes because I like to support designers. I know the work that goes into it.

I am not ashamed to admit that I'm wearing Yves Saint Laurent from top to toe.

I think there needs to be extremes in fashion, and Pucci offers another choice.

Because I worked in fashion, I know that I like fashion. Haute couture is a form of art that I can appreciate. I'm definitely not someone who wakes up every day and thinks about what I'm going to wear, but on the red carpet, it's reflective of the mood I'm in, or the movie I'm going to represent.

I just think of couture clothing as wearable art. So from - to that extent I, you know, I love having the opportunity to just even be able to touch and look at, you know, these pieces of design. In terms of, you know, is it stressful and does it take a lot of time. It's mostly stressful because you're there because you're nominated.

Fashion is one of the most beautiful forms of art we have. It's a form of art that every person gets to possess and create for themselves.

There's always been a separation between fashion and what I call my deeper work.

Apple's goal isn't to make money. Our goal is to design and develop and bring to market good products.

There are so many women throughout the world who appreciate beautiful design and have the budget to buy designer fashion but sometimes have a hard time finding the things that they really want or that suit their lifestyle or their culture or whatever it may be.

I thought, If people are going to write about what I'm wearing, then I would wear young British designers who need the publicity.

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.

Handbags, dude. It's all about the handbags. I have quite a few purses that I spend a good deal of money on - that's my jam.

I think the fact that my parents weren't conventional - especially considering their position - had a big influence on the way that I conduct myself now in design and business. It had a huge impact on my wanting to do something a bit more than just designing a pretty dress and putting it on a runway and making it glamorous.

During the 1990s, luxury became something exclusive and elitist. I think fashion got lost. It forgot about craft and culture.

When I wear Chanel, I feel like I'm not just wearing clothes: I'm wearing Chanel.

I am always on the lookout for new gear. If I walk into a Louis Vuitton store, and they have a belt that I don't have, I want it straightaway.

I don't like to work with stylists - I find the relationship too intimidating - but I love fashion.

I almost went to Central Saint Martins for fashion design. I deferred for a year when I graduated high school so that I could go model and make some money and immerse myself in the fashion industry for a year.