Designer Reputation Quotes

I don't care if the critics don't like me. I want to be the people's designer, like Diana was the people's princess.

I hate to say it, but the truth is that the upscale line is where I get respect as a designer. The higher the price range, the higher the respect level from the industry, even though it's much easier to make a great $500 dress than a great $100 dress.

When I do read something about a designer it doesn't alter my thoughts about their collection when I see it in person.

The press always pick on British fashion, but I don't think that there are more successful young designers than in Paris or Milan. It's all a myth.

The fashion industry is often charged with having kept its blinders on as one Seventh Avenue company after another lost employees to AIDS. Consumers, it was feared, would shun the racks of designers whose names were associated with the disease. And to stand up against AIDS would, in many minds, confirm the business's stereotypical image.

Many people believe that great designers get great clients. It's the other way around.

I love the romance of what I do, although because of Isabella, Lady Gaga and Grace Jones, people think I have crazy customers. Sometimes I get more enthusiasm from the housewife who wants a hat and believes in it.

'Vogue' has the power to make and break - whether it's fashion trends, designers, models, and yes, even industry practices.

If someone realises the piece they are wearing is inspired by me then it only broadens my audience.

I think I'm one of few American designers doing a house in Europe, and I think I've been proving myself there very well.