Fast Fashion Quotes

As a fashion designer, I was always aware that I was not an artist, because I was creating something that was made to be sold, marketed, used, and ultimately discarded.

The fashion industry is an immense cultural and social blight that only gets a free pass because its would-be detractors are scared it'll start criticising their haircut.

When you buy something for $9.99, and you know that it'll fall apart after you wear it once... you're going into the shopping experience knowing that you're renting. So all I'm doing is making the rental process more efficient.

Forever 21 is my American Dream.

American Apparel does great colourful basics that you can customise.

I spend a lot of time in American Apparel.

I'm not into bags, so I don't pay a lot for them; I get them from H&M and Topshop.

I'm a fan of H&M, Topshop, and Forever 21.

I always love stopping by to see what Marc Jacobs has. I will buy pieces from Bergdorf or Barneys and then hit up Zara or Topshop for the rest.

Fashion is capitalism's favourite child.

The clothes back in those days were made so much better than clothes are today. They actually took time to make clothes to fit a woman's body. Today they make clothes that fit sizes, so it stretches to fit this and that.

Any trend that is developed too fast and is disposed right away is not going to have a lasting impression on the culture, you know?

When you think of H&M, you're thinking of something that's accessible to a broad range of people, perhaps far broader than most of these beautiful shows.

Clothing isn't disposable.

I did a lot of thrift and vintage. I would mix those pieces into some of the more inexpensive items from Express, Gap, Old Navy, and Clothestime.

In general, the apparel industry isn't about continual process improvement or making the perfect piece of denim; it's about chasing trends.

I like mixing high-end finds with less expensive items. I've been known to pair an outfit from Forever 21 with Chanel shoes.

Today's trend ends up in tomorrow's landfill.

Besides boutiques, I love H&M. Affordable and adorable.

Fashions are induced epidemics.

You can't separate the clothes from the stores, from the environment.

I feel the world is over-saturated with products, and it isn't about what you're wearing as much as it is about what message you are trying to convey.

Buy less, choose well, make it last. Quality rather than quantity: That is true sustainability. If people only bought beautiful things rather than rubbish, we wouldn't have climate change!

I'm focusing on quality versus quantity - a nicer tee-shirt with organic cotton and buying just one or two instead of five that are cheaper but made with GMO cotton, which is hard on Earth, sewn by slave labor, shipped all the way from China on boats that use lots of oil and can kill whales with ship strikes and sold by (some) companies that could treat their

Buy less. Choose well. Make it last. Quality, not quantity. Everybody’s buying far too many clothesI mean, I know I’m lucky, I can just take things and borrow them and I’m just okay, but I hate having too many clothes. And I think that poor people should be even more careful. It doesn't mean therefore you have to just buy anything cheap. Instead of buying six things, buy one thing that you really like. Don't keep buying just for the sake of it.