Fashion Concept Quotes

My idea of fashion is very basic.

I've never liked to conceptualize too much about fashion, like it was art or science, which it is not. But it's nice when there's a clear idea behind a collection.

Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only.

I've treated the waistcoat as if it were a corset, so that it becomes the first layer in the process of putting clothes on the body. There is constant motion between layering and revealing.

It is difficult to talk about fashion in the abstract, without a human body before my eyes, without drawings, without a choice of fabric - without a practical or visual reality.

I like the idea of paradox, between the authentic fabrics and sophisticated shapes and between masculine and feminine. I'm not so much for sportswear. I think it's over.

I was struggling to find a way to make evening clothes more deconstructed. I like to think that I translated the Latin concept in a more modern way. I don't think that I was that literal.

My fascination has been the space between cloth and the body, and using a two-dimensional element to clothe a three-dimensional form.

The dress is a vase which the body follows. My clothes are like modules in which bodies move.

I never set out to work on the concept of androgyny. For me, it was more about trying to find a wardrobe that would fundamentally appeal to both men and women: Trying to find the right shirt, the right jeans, the right trouser - but on different landscapes.

The older I get, and the more collections I do, the more I'm driven by real style and beauty. My aim is to reveal and not to display women.

It's the kind of clothes that mothers and daughters can wear, in terms of concept... It's not about age. It's about taste, and it's about lifestyle. I believe women of all ages can wear anything.

There was no concept of fashion and catwalk shows where I came from.

I create the concept, which for me is about deciding upon the right girl and the right 'spirit', and thinking of all the things that visually describe her. It's just like putting together a fashion show; for me, that starts with the spirit and the girls as well.

I do like designing clothes that are - not exactly lofty but intellectual in their sexiness.

Sometimes you listen to a piece of music that inspires a collection. You listen to the music, which creates the mood, which creates the clothes.

A stylist understands our body language; they know what works and what doesn't. I'm happy this concept has caught on in the South film industry.

I shared this idea that fashion starts with a movement, an allure: elusive, defined through perfect proportions.

When I'm doing a store in a country, I always like to consider the concept of the country and the city. Ask what are the clothes of the city, what does this city represent for me?