Kevin Kwan Quotes

I love Hermes, Lanvin, Brunello Cucinelli, Reed Krakoff, Alice + Olivia and Nanette Lepore.

In New York, everybody looks great and is well dressed, but seeing someone in Ohio wearing Marc Jacobs is like spotting an owl in Central Park. Rare.

Serena and Blair from 'Gossip Girl' got to wear such awesome outfits, and being on a show like that, where you're getting to wear incredible designers all the time, would be a lot of fun.

I grew up in Tennessee. We didn't know what Louis Vuitton was. I had to order all my prom outfits out of catalogs.

I don't need designer things. And YOU are designer, Rush.

There are old-money Asians that would never be caught dead with a Chanel handbag or sporting anything that has a label it.

I love Rag & Bone, Dior, and Valentino; I like feminine, sexy things. Dolce & Gabbana and Chanel, too.

I love Maje, Rick Owens, Helmut Lang, Christopher Kane, Felder + Felder, and Sam Edelman shoes.

You can't really have like high end designers for everything.

There is so much more fashion coverage online, so women today are really seeing the collections. They're a lot savvier and more aware of the discrepancies between what they see on the runway and what they end up seeing in their local shops.

The pret-a-porter collection will be the same as couture in essence: I love luxury, beautiful products, handmade with care, but at more accessible prices.

When I dress up for events, I prefer Marc Jacobs and Dior. But I dream about wearing Chanel one day.

I like everything from Miu Miu. Dolce & Gabbana cocktail dresses are a party essential; they're so flattering.

I've been introduced to some huge designers that I could never afford. It's really cool.

I love Prada shirts because they're so decorative and figure-hugging, but I also like Reiss shirts because they're clean, simple and look as if they've come off the peg from a design house.

I like Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. I have some great Balenciaga jackets and I'm shoe crazy.

I wear a lot of Brioni and Ferragamo and Dolce, all of those kind of things.

In everyday life, I'm pretty much T-shirt and jeans guy - a soft LnA shirt, cool APC jeans, Nikes or Jordans. If I'm going to an event I like to wear a suit, sometimes a three-piece. I'm into brands like Simon Spurr - I think he makes great suits - and Dior Homme.

I truly would love to be a designer-label girl, but I am very much High Street.

Just the other day, my assistant was on the line with Calvin Klein. Golly, I usually shop at Sears.

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.

Dior Couture is like art - they are the art pieces of a fashion house. Each piece is unique and made by hand.

You can't beat a Diane Von Fostenburg wrap dress; I always tend to go for the wrap dresses with a little more structure. I also love Prada shoes.

On 9/11, that morning, I was in a Christian Dior Couture appointment at the Hotel Pierre.

Chanel is my ultimate weakness.