Francisco Costa Quotes
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Each season I strive to design a forward-thinking and effortless collection with a very clean minimalist aesthetic.
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I just hate people who are lazy. To be on my team, you have to have energy and a sense of wanting to learn. That really excites me.
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I came to New York in 1986. My father didn't think it was a good idea. I didn't know how I found it, but I went to Hunter College. I had no money and I couldn't speak English.
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When a sketch comes into this three-dimensional form and everybody contributes, it's really fantastic.
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I get so much inspiration from my travels, but I also started an exercise where I write down so many words every week. Then I begin crossing them off. We create a grid of words and also images, but words for me are more ample because you can interpret them your own way.
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I don't listen to music when designing. We create in silence. I go through a torturous process because everything has to be precise and right.
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Brazil is not what you see but what you feel. Once you spend time here - a week, two weeks - you get in the vibe. It's really intoxicating.
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I wanted to be involved with fashion, though I didn't know what being a designer meant.
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I don't love reading so much, but I love book shopping. It's just because I don't have much time.
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I didn't even have a portfolio, but I went to Tom Ford the next morning. He said, "I'd love you to come in with me. Get a lawyer." It was quite exciting, obviously, because it was a complete departure. But mind you, what he was looking for was the exact opposite of what I thought. My first collection for him was Cher-inspired. It was flower trousers, California, hippie cool, all the stuff I did at Oscar. It was making me sick. I wanted to see the other side of the spectrum. Tom was always very secure about the way he did things, so it was quite interesting for me.