To achieve harmony in bad taste is the height of elegance.
There's almost a T-shirt feeling to wearing my evening dresses.
MY INSPIRATION FOR THIS LIMITED EDITION DESIGN WAS BASED ON THE LEGACY OF HENNESSY AS A BRAND. TO ME, HENNESSY HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT QUALITY, AUTHENTICITY, TRADITION, AND ELEGANCE.
I've tried to find a new elegance. It's not easy because people want to be shocked. They want explosive fashion. But explosions don't last, they disappear immediately and leave nothing but ashes.
I like the brand Band of Outsiders. Their suits are cut really slim, for smaller framed gentlemen.
[on the BMW X3] If you are clinically insane, by which I mean you wake up in the morning and think you are an onion, here's your car.
I like things that are well cut, things that are considered within their detailing. Fabrics that are very developed; specialist jacquards and prints. My clothes are statement pieces. They're decorative, but there's always a subversiveness or an othersidedness to them.
I grew up with very elegant parents; their black and white photographs and style are still a huge source of inspiration in designing my collections.
We're creating a brand image which didn't exist in the beginning, and I want to grow that. And in the way that the clothes and services we offer are a luxurious niche, I want to be doing that with accessories.
The trademark Joseph Abboud style is the man first and the clothes second. The guy's the star. Everything else is a supporting actor.
