Excessive Style Quotes

At the time, it all seemed pretty normal. It was okay to have a pink guitar and glow-in-the-dark pants, and play with a drill. 1987, that was the worst year. I think that was the worst year for capes and for hair!

The '80s were wild. The hair, the clothes.

If people know anything about Russians, we do things really over the top. We wear high heels everywhere. We show up in the most extravagant outfits. I am just embodying how I was raised and what I grew up in. Some people might think we're extra; I just think we're ravishing.

Designers from Milan think that 'more is more,' like Cavalli and Dolce & Gabbana.

She looked as if she had been poured into her clothes and had forgotten to say 'when.'

Haute Couture should be fun, foolish and almost unwearable.

My normal look is so regular that when I'm going out or doing something, I like to be excessive. I'm very Italian - I don't like to go small.

To sum up my idea of on-ice costume fashion sense, it's probably that too much is never enough.

I love wild, baroque, slightly excessive theatrical ideas, and because television needs so much material, there's a chance to get some of those odd ideas done.

You can't throw too much style into a miracle.

I think the Matrix effect is over-used and I don't do it anymore.

Liberace was Elton John and Lady Gaga before they even dreamed of it.

I think a girl always needs a cardigan, and I tend to go for the sparkles. I have a minimum of 50 embellished cardigans. I'm not a believer in less is more; I'm sort of a believer in more is necessary.

The '80s really were - talk about no rules. People just did whatever they wanted; they could look however they wanted. There was just a lot of bigness and brightness.

I'm an indulgent writer - I'm not sure, however, that's something I'm interested in changing. Writing should be indulgent: you should take big risks on the page, you should make big mistakes, you should be excessive at times. I let myself do as a writer what I probably would be less likely to allow as an editor.