For me, clothing is nothing without the story behind it. Everything I own evokes some kind of memory.
The language of clothing is high symbolism and we all, in moments where we need to know this, realize it.
Clothing started as an armor for me. It was one of the ways that I protected myself from the world. It evolved into a form of creative expression.
I use my clothing choices as a way to express how I feel.
Finally, everything that has been part of my life, whether I wanted it to or not, has expressed itself in my dresses.
Clothes are only completed when somebody actually wears them. If they were art, they could be more abstract. As long as something is new and has never been seen before, I don't mind if people call it art. Wear them if you dare.
We can lie in the language of dress or try to tell the truth; but unless we are naked and bald, it is impossible to be silent.
Maybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don't get to express myself creatively through my official duties.
I truly, genuinely like clothes. Making them is an art form, and wearing them is a form of self-expression. I find it very emotional because I can remember moments in my life - my mood, how I felt - through these clothes.
You will feel that you are no longer clothing yourself, you are dressing a public monument.
Fashion designers only occasionally tread outside the realm of clothes as pure commodity. When they do, the results are often a muddled, self-conscious message.
I wanted women wearing my sweaters to give the impression they were naked. The aim wasn't to impose outfits but to stay as close as possible to women's bodies and their freedom of movement.
I love clothes so much. I feel like whatever I wear is an insight for other people to get to see who I am, or for me to portray how I'm feeling.
I treat clothing or a piece of jewelry like it was a piece of art, even though people who collect clothes get a bad rap because they're told it's all vanity.
To wear a beautiful new garment is like wearing a new idea, and I see them as the same thing. Opening my closet is a form of meditation. I pick whatever I feel is right for the day.
Clothing shouldn't be a societal shackle. It should be art and truth and a way for us to show the world what we want out of it. It's environmental armor.
It took me a while to get to a place of feeling like fashion was an expression - something I could have fun with and an art form.
The way you dress is really the way you feel, the way you live, what you read, your choices. That's what I want to put into Gucci.
