Fashion Power Quotes

I think models have a lot less power than they did in the '80s, when there were, like, only 10 supermodels who could dictate the rules, whereas now there's so many, and that changes the power dynamic and makes it a more insecure business.

They (fashion editors) have always been our secret weapon.

Fashion can be a really powerful tool, but it's also a place where you can be totally humiliated and have your power taken from you.

Fashion is the great governor of this world; it presides, not only in matters of dress and amusement, but in law, physic, politics, religion, and all other things of the gravest kind; indeed, the wisest of men would be puzzled to give any better reason why particular forms in all these have been at certain times universally received, and at others universally rejected, than that they were in or out of fashion.

Judging from the ugly and repugnant things that are sometimes in vogue, it would seem as though fashion were desirous of exhibiting its power by getting us to adopt the most atrocious things for its sake alone.

Anna Wintour is the most powerful woman in the global fashion industry, the first lady of fashion. She's a politician; I'm a stylist. They are two very different jobs.

'Mad Men' introduced me to the power of fashion.

Fashion, n. A despot whom the wise ridicule and obey.

This is the power of fashion: the capability of allowing people to express themselves.

I was not a very popular kid in high school, and I had this idea that the way that I dressed would change how liked I was. It was that kind of Pygmalion story. I think, ultimately that's probably why I became interested in fashion, its transformative power, and how it can change your identity.

'Vogue' has the power to make and break - whether it's fashion trends, designers, models, and yes, even industry practices.

As a designer, I believe in the power of fashion. It has the ability to not only change how you look but also how you feel about yourself.