Laura Carmichael Quotes

I've always dressed the same. I've never made a fashion mistake. I've always worn utilitarian. I started my collection because I wanted certain specific things, but before that it was vintage and classic Brooks Brothers.

I only aim for fashion that's long dead.

I still like my antique clothes.

I love all vintage-everything, really. I love fashion. I've always loved it. And the fifties, I've always loved.

It's interesting for me because in my work, a lot of times, I like to scrutinize the clothes and think what's going to make them look dated, and I do the same with vintage. In vintage, you want something unique and different, but at the same time, something that doesn't make you look like you dress like a grandpa.

The way we dress on 'Mad Men' is so associated with old photographs, with people's parents and grandparents.

My favorite leather jacket I got for 40 bucks at the Fairfax Flea Market, like, eight years ago. Leather just gets better over time. There's something about a jacket that you have over years and years - just fits like a glove.

I like vintage dresses that I can just slip on.

My mum is great for keeping hold of old classics - pieces of clothing that never age and never go out of fashion.

Stick to the classics, and you can't ever go wrong. I see old ladies on the street who have fabulous style and realize it's because they are probably wearing really classic items that they've had for years and years. I think if you find something that suits you, you should just stick to it.

I've got a lot of '70s vintage. I'm a huge vintage junkie.

I think my style is probably more of a classic look.

I always like to shop and for me it was just about seeing things I like and making it part of my wardrobe and collecting things that I could always bring back when I'm like 50, 60 years old.

I am not a hoarder, but my wardrobe is the antithesis of fast fashion. I buy clothes - beautiful in looks and make - to last. I originally stored away things like Ossie Clark because I could not bear to part with such treasures.

Whenever I'm in sync with the trends, it's always an accident. I still love wearing clothes I've had for ten years. I think understated luxury is the chicest thing.

Looking feminine is important to me. My personal style is fairly traditional. I was definitely influenced by my mother, who always looks elegant, and by Estee's classic style; she was always in Givenchy or Ungaro.

Simple. Pared down. Timeless. The ties were never too thick or too thin; the pants were never too flared or too skinny. In my life with Dad, he wore Western apparel because we went riding - jeans, cowboy boots, the turquoise belt buckle. But it was all very simple, and that classic look is very 'Ralph Lauren.'

I like when people have Western style, but it's throwback Seventies-ish. I like pearlsnap shirts and a bow-tie like the KFC man.

I'm sorry, but Juicy Couture tracksuits and Ugg boots don't move me in any way, shape or form. I refuse to wear them. Modern fashion doesn't appeal to me; the 1950s were better in every way, don't you think?

I like to wear clothes that I will wear when I am an old lady.

Riding clothes are ageless and timeless, and I love to incorporate that comfort and elegance in my life.

I stick with a '60s vintage aesthetic of letterman's jackets, plain T-shirts, and good jeans.

I love the idea that you would wear vintage stuff with new stuff and wear stuff that's 5 years old.

Rachel Zoe is all about timeless.

My grandmother wore a beehive hairdo even when it was out of fashion.