Tailored Garments Quotes

Haute couture is a legitimate subject for Yves Saint Laurent and could resume one day.

Just because a suit fits, doesn't mean it looks good. You need a tailor. You want to get bespoke.

I was tired of doing collections, tired of doing runway shows... there was just so much wasted time and energy doing all the runway product and all the filler product. We also decided not to do wholesale, which gives me a lot of freedom; I can basically do what I want and I don't need to fit into any department in a store.

I have a very haute couture way of working.

I do think British tailoring is the best. French people hate me when I say that, but I do think it's true.

Even during the golden age of fashion, you had haute couture houses where the designers didn't have money.

Poiret made clothes for individual customers, but I wouldn't like to make a dress just for its own sake.

Couture occupies the uppermost stratosphere of fashion. It is the holy of holies, as only about 2,000 women globally are fortunate enough to wear these precious garments tailored to their exact measurements, making it perhaps the most exclusive club in the world.