Isaac Mizrahi Quotes

Models are there to look like mannequins, not like real people. Art and illusion are supposed to be fantasy.

I do love to have pictures taken and to pose and wear fabulous gowns, so red carpets are a comfort zone.

Part of my job is getting dressed up and having my picture taken and the best way of dealing with that is finding a way of enjoying it.

The Playboy Calendar this year has some tiptop models. Any more top and they'd tip.

I like my mug shot. I think I have a really great mug shot. It looks like a magazine shoot.

The various parts of the body cannot be perceived as simple units and have no clear relationship to one another. In almost every detail the body is not the shape that art has led us to believe it should be.

Your anatomy is a mystery that nobody bothers explaining to us. Even when we think we have mastered one woman's body, every body is different.

I am fascinated by the human body and all its evolutions.

I spend my time backstage at the Lanvin shows, and when I come out at the end, all I see are people's eyes.

As a model you need to be able to do the craziest things.

And I have a couple swimsuit calendars I did that are coming out.

Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh.

I like very much to put on fashion shows.

Aren't most romance heros, or heros in fiction of any kind, generally superior to real men? Same goes for heroines and real women.

So many models have cool boyfriends.

I guess you can consider photo shoots modeling, but it's never really interested me. I find it somewhat boring, actually. It wouldn't be something I would do.

I don't pay attention to celebrities. I don't photograph them. They don't dress so... interestingly. They have stylists. I prefer real women who have their own taste.

Women should never go without earrings. Passing on them is an opportunity missed.

I hate the photo shoots. I hate all that stuff.

Every woman should wear make-up. It takes years off. I'm wearing lots of false eyelashes today, and to me, lipstick is the best cosmetic that exists.

The belly carries the legs, and not the legs the belly.

I have the whole costume from Playboy's sixtieth-anniversary cover shoot.

Anyone can look good if you have 500-flash bulbs exploding in your face.

Most photo shoots are a beautiful dress, a natural location, and poses.

It takes a real designer to design for real women.