Fashion Pioneer Quotes

I really, really like Nicole Richie, and the only reason why I always bring her up is because I'm impressed with her style evolution. This is someone that came onto the scene that people didn't necessarily view as a style icon, and she completely switched up the game. And I like how she takes risks with fashion.

I do not believe there has ever been a name as important as Pierre Cardin in the general history of couture.

I was unfashionable before anyone knew who I was.

Some of the 'worst' red carpet looks of all time, it turns out, were really just ahead of their time.

There is something I think we share, which is, of course, an appreciation for Helmut Lang. I think at a certain point he really changed so many things in fashion. I'm a bit younger than Helmut, but from my point of view he provided a true entrance into this new way of thinking - not being invaded into couture.

A good model can advance fashion by ten years.

I am shocked and deeply saddened by McQueen's death. He was a genius, and his talent was second to none. Like many others, I always cited him as a hugely inspirational leader of world fashion. He will be greatly missed.

I hope people will say, 'Mr. Valentino, he did something for fashion, no?'

A person who is anxious to be a leader of the fashion, or one of the first to follow it, will certainly appear in the eyes of judicious men to have nothing better than a frequent change of dress to recommend him to notice.

I would like better to be known as the Godfather of Fashion, with all the implications that that word has.