Jonathan Anderson Quotes
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You always need a textural landscape. I think that's what fashion is about, and I think when you come to a brand and you're trying to re-instill its history, the history only comes through being personal.
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To be able to make furniture has always been a fantasy of mine.
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As a child growing up in Ireland, you would have to go to Dublin if you wanted to go to the luxury brands. And I remember my mother being too uncomfortable to go into some of those stores. I want to get rid of the barrier.
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Part of the reason Loewe has diversified into so many other categories is because what we can't do any more is simply say, 'Here's more stuff you can buy.'
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When I do a fashion show, it's not done until it exits out of the door.
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If you do generic things, you know, after a while, brands or designers become stagnated.
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Trend-wise, I hope to keep bringing completely new collections to the industry that will make people think and defy the norm.
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For me, doing an interview with someone is like having therapy.
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For me, menswear is an experimental ground to play with something. There is scope to be gained there - you can create a new normality.
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Loewe should be a cultural brand.
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My grandfather, who's still alive, has always been involved in art, antiques, and things like that. I think I learned so much from him.
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The first thing I do in the morning is have an espresso - straight up - and read the papers. I like 'The Independent,' 'The Times,' and the 'Financial Times.'
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Wood carving is such an amazing skill and very underrated; once you cut it, it's hard to go back.
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Luxury stores are such a difficult thing because, ultimately, their purpose is to sell, but I do think you can get more out of a store.
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I think fashion shows are a full stop. You need a point where there's no return, and fashion shows create a 'That's it; that's the finishing line.'
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Everywhere I go, I buy something. I probably have an issue with shopping.
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I would say I work very emotionally: I have a very compulsive way of working, where I love something to the moment I am sick of it. I have no addiction outside of work, so my addiction is that process.
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You have to be slightly uncomfortable with what you're doing, and you have to be able to try to find moments of newness.
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Fashion is an archetype: you're trying to build a silhouette, and that is very similar to building up a building because you're trying to create a new structure, a new proportion, a new shape, and you're using a material to cut which is a bit mathematical. That idea of finding something new in terms of proportion is something that drives me.
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When I was younger, we went to Ibiza a lot because my parents bought an apartment there. I feel like that has always stuck with me.
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I find it very difficult to see the boundary between womenswear and menswear. It's bizarre the ways in which society reacts; they find it difficult to comprehend seeing parts of the body on a man. I think it's fascinating.
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I've always loved collecting arts and crafts - I have pieces by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and William Morris at home in east London.
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I always think the great thing about shirting is that it goes with jeans, and jeans are probably the most modern, functional garment that ever existed. That is what is so great about shirting - it is an up-play-down-play.
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I love the immediacy of Instagram. My feed really is my train of thought. If I'm really excited about something, I'll just put it up.