Fashion Career Quotes

I wanted to be a fashion designer.

I interned with Marc Jacobs in college, then worked at J. Crew. I learned a lot about how to fit clothes and what kinds of things sell and why.

Clothing was something I always wanted to do. I've been pulling tear sheets from magazines since I was a little girl.

I want to design my own clothing line. I'm very into fashion. It's something I really want to focus on when swimming is over.

Everyone wants to be a stylist. If you know that's your calling, then you need to intern as much a humanly possible. You need to go to fashion school if you can.

I always wanted to be a fashion designer and I learned costume illustration in high school. That was an incredible high school. It was more like a college. I'm moving more in that direction, just kind of merchandising my name.

I've always loved fashion, but it's not what I set out to do.

If you're not ready to do a non-stop dialogue with fashion, you should do another job.

I majored in fashion design in school, and I have always wanted to design my own line of clothing, jewelry, and stuff like that; so this was just a step for me in that direction.

My grandmother told me that to be in fashion, one must be young and passionate about the work. At this moment, every aspect of my life is permeated by fashion - everything has a reference to my job.

While at Parsons, I interned at Marc Jacobs, which was great. When I graduated, I went to work at J. Crew; that was also really great.

When my parents realized that what I liked was fashion, they gave me good advice. I remember my father telling me that I should try to do an internship. They never said, "This is a world we don't know; it might be something strange," or "That is not serious," or things like that. They always said, "Try. We'll help you. We'll send drawings to people if you want. We'll write letters for you." What I'm very thankful for is they never made me think that something was impossible. They were really, really supportive. They are still.

Fashion is not just about what we wear, but...fashion is also a business. It is an art, it's a career that involves science, engineering, accounting and so much more. People can learn about the math behind Charles James' designs, and think, 'Maybe I should pay closer attention to geometry this semester'

My aspiration was always to be a fashion editor.

It was not the story of design or clothes, it was the fantasy of women that made me want to work in fashion.

The reason I quit fashion was that I had had enough of spending time always being on my knees, making other people look amazing and fabulous. I used fashion to express myself as much as I could. But at some point it was not enough

If in sports you have a life cycle for 10 or 15 years, in fashion, you have no cycle; you're in it forever as long as you stay healthy. And I want to be in it forever.

I was making $50 a week as a house model at Christian Dior for nine months before I learned that photographic models made $50 an hour!

After working with clothes for so long, it seemed right to design them.

I have a great agency! It's definitely team work with my fashion career. The trick is to surround yourself with the best people, those whose opinions you really trust and value.

I never expected to be a model. I never expected to be a stylist. Or a designer.

I really see myself continuing to design clothes, fragrances.

I got to host a radio show. I got a clothing range. I was the face of fashion week. I got to do a whole television show with kids.

Yves Saint Laurent was my first fashion show. I wore his tuxedo. And Helmut Newton was my first photographer, in 1973. I was really very lucky. I had an amazing career.

I think being in the public eye can only help me launch into the world of fashion.