Simon Spurr Quotes

I am a clothes maker, and that's all I am. I only want to talk about the making of the clothes. I don't feel the need to go out there and explain that.

I design some of my own clothes now.

To customers, it's the shirt that matters, not where it's made.

Make each product the best it can be. Focus on form and materials. What we don't include is as important as what we do include.

You can always spot clothes made in a good place.

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

We believe we've got the skill base and the techniques to supply the chips that really enable the end manufacturers to develop exciting, innovative products themselves.

Doing designs on a loom takes a lot of talent and experience, and, trust me, I won't be able to do that.

I was a fashion assistant. I bought the fabric. I made sure that everything was smooth in the workroom. And I scrambled all over London on the Tube looking for buttons. It was great.

I started in college as a business major and finally transferred to home economics and studied making clothes.

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

The design of each element should be thought out in order to be easy to make and easy to repair.

I don't design my own clothes. It's so not what I think about.

I love draping; it's less about proportion than fit and the fabric. It's very specialized and I think when women see the construction, they respond to it immediately.

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

My mom modeled and made clothes, so I always had such an appreciation for design.

The process of building a part doesn't really stop.

Truthfully, the hardest part about fashion is not the vision or one great idea, but the execution of each aspect.

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.

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

Strive for perfection … Take the best that exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it.

Build to a standard, not a price.

Be not a shoemaker nor yet a shaft maker save for thyself alone: let the shoe be misshapen, or crooked the shaft, and a curse on thy head will be called.

The key to making things affordable is design and technology improvements, as well as scale.