Iman Quotes
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I had never seen 'Vogue.' I didn't read fashion magazines, I read 'Time' and 'Newsweek.'
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At the end of the day, a 34B doesn't give you self-esteem.
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I have been a muse to Mr. Saint-Laurent, Valentino, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Versace.
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People get numbed when they see picture after picture, year in and year out, of people starving.
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I suffer from low self-esteem. I had horrible self-esteem growing up. You really have to save yourself because the critic within you will eat you up. It's not the outside world - it's your interior life, that critic within you, that you have to silence.
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The day you settle for less is the day you will get less.
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We all want what every girl wants: to look fabulous while we're out there ruling the world.
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There is no age better than another. The commitment to give of yourself and the knowledge that the time is right are what's important.
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There is a lot of noise out there. I don't want to follow the trend - I want to create the trend.
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I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic.
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I keep on 5 to 10 pounds above my jeans weight, as the ultimate no-filler-needed refresher, and buy a size up on jeans.
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I was admittedly comfortable with Iman Cosmetics being identified as a beauty brand that filled the gap for black women because it was deeply personal for me.
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Intelligence is sexy. Don't play dumb, especially young girls. Don't play dumb. And let people see that you are intelligent.
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There are some people who have helped to advance me and other girls, but the fashion industry is always behind popular culture. They think they understand the zeitgeist. They don't know anything about the zeitgeist.
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I am so far more secure and more grounded and more know who I am than when I was in my 20s.
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I don't look like a white woman. I look Somali.
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I like to get up around 5:30 or six - that's my favorite time of day. My family is still asleep, and the office is still closed, so I can start my day slowly.
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On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession.
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I wanted a bronzer so I could look like I just came from Ibiza everyday.
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I started the cosmetics in 1994 after I stopped modeling, out of my frustration as a woman of color not finding what I needed.
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Multicultural markets are nuanced but not alien.
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My looks have changed. I have laugh lines - not wrinkles.
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I've always said if what I'm going to create doesn't look good on everybody, I'm not going to do it.
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People called me 'Iman the black model'. In my country, we're all black, so nobody called somebody else black. It was foreign to my ears.