Fashion Identity Quotes

I don't follow trends. I'm just not into what everyone else is wearing. I have my own look, which I call 'Lolita Meets Old Hollywood Glam.'

I've always believed that clothing is a great way to tell your story.

I want to be different, and fashion gives me that outlet to do that.

At the end of the day I want to wear everything.

I'd call my work 'instinctual design.' I like to find the spirit of a piece that defies time, age, and occasion. My clothes give the wearer the chance to develop their own voice within a wardrobe, and I think of them as curators of their personal style.

Everyone in England knows about Burberry, and it kind of represents a standard of being well-dressed... But the nice thing is, they have a lot of clothes, so I still feel like myself whenever I'm wearing their clothes.

With time, fashion has become part of my DNA.

Coming from Haiti and growing up in Brooklyn, there's a lot of European influence when I get dressed up. I wear a lot of fitted suits, elegant cuts; I think it's cool to mash up a lot of different looks.

As I have had to meet different challenges, I realize I am coming into myself, and whatever I'm wearing is another chance for me to explore a new version of myself.

I don't know if I have a specific style icon.

When it comes to other celebrity brands, I think a lot of people do a great job, but it can't be all about them. Everybody doesn't want to just look like the celebrity, because they can't. They just want one element of that style.

Shoes are important to me because I don't do much with my clothes.

And then Gossip Girl completely blew open the door to fashion for me. I'd go to fashion shows and call my publicist and say, 'Can I wear that?' I think I became my own stylist by not knowing any better. And once I was told it was time to get one, I thought: This is one of my favorite hobbies! And I'm going to pay someone to steal my hobby from me? That's a terrible idea!

I always think that some of those moms who are rocking cool fashion looks while walking their little babies in a stroller is just the bomb. You don't have to, all of a sudden, have to transition into 'mom' outfits from the '90s just because you became a mom.

If I see something that inspires me, I'll dress like it.

I don't ever want to part with any of my shoes. They all have a special place in my heart because they say something about who you are today.

I don't consider myself a fashion designer.

To me, British fashion has a story. It has history, and I feel it's very much about our culture.

I have always had a relationship with clothes.

Style is very different from fashion. Once you find something that works, keep it.

Clothes should look as if a woman was born into them. It is a form of possession, this belonging to one another.

When it comes to my style, I'm a proper Italian woman of the modern age!

There was a time in my life when I tried a lot of different things, different looks. Between the ages of 17 and 22, there were a lot of bad looks. But I guess you learn from your mistakes. After that, I kind of found my style and what I like to wear.

I love to dress up and create a narrative with my look.

Even if it comes off natural, everyone has a fashion sense.