Fashion Work Quotes

People don't necessarily realise that there can be just as much work on a quiet jacket as an overblown gown.

As a model, I am at the mercy of everybody else. It's much more of a situation where I go to work, put the clothes on, get in front of the camera, and then go home. But in that process, I never really have control over any of it.

When I first covered [presidential election ] in 2008, I was asking questions for kids around the world, but mainly for myself. I didn't know the process, I didn't know how it worked. Now, of course, I'm more schooled on it, but I deal with so much politics in my fashion work and in Hollywood, that I haven't been as connected this time.

When I fell into modeling, because I wanted to work in fashion. I wanted to do styling or make-up. I ended getting picked up to be a model instead during my work experience.

I am not a celebrity. I work with celebrities, and it is very difficult. When a celebrity wears a dress, it's good for business, so brands fight for the red carpet. Me? I don't like it, because fashion becomes a job about dressing celebrities. And it's a bit boring.

In fashion, you're privileged because you're consistently working with a vanguard of youth.

To me, being in fashion is about your work, not about facilitating a lifestyle.

I like shopping, but I don't often get a chance to go, so I end up buying clothes from shoots I work on.

If I wasn't modelling, I guess I would work in fashion as a buyer.