Coco Chanel Quotes
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If it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a show.
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High fashion has become representative of stability in unstable places; that allows you to have a voice in the world stage.
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When I was younger, I had no interest. But after I went to Paris to see the collections for the first time a few years ago, they made a huge impression on me. I realized that fashion is an art form, like acting or painting.
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I am a fashion designer, so I guess that makes me an overpacker.
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I'm so tired of this vision of fashion of a diva with a big ego, and you think of big dark glasses to be pretentious and keep far away from the people.
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I did my first show in second grade. I was a munchkin in 'The Wizard of Oz.'
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Music to me is so internal. It's physical and it's emotional. Whereas fashion is so much about the external that it's almost like a break. It's not inner turmoil. It's total escapism.
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Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the other.
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T-shirts for ten dollars are even more fashion today than expensive fashion.
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I owe my career to Latina women. I was surrounded by the amazing group: my mother, my aunts, my extended family. They didn't necessarily have access to high fashion, but they had great style and looked stunning naturally at every age.
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Decisions are made by those who show up.
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I didn't like the '80s at all; it was a vulgar moment of fashion.
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Even during the golden age of fashion, you had haute couture houses where the designers didn't have money.
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'Showboat' is the quintessential family show.
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The fashion industry has done itself in by neglecting the 60- to 80-year-old market. They have the time and the economic resources. They want to go shopping.
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I've always loved fashion and, of course, enjoyed my experiences walking on runways, but I love watching the shows as well! Now I understand more why it's such a big deal for the industry and why people work so hard before and during fashion weeks. It's interesting to see the same things from a different angle.
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Music is part of the life of fashion, too.
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Overall when you work in fashion, you're always in a rush. You're always a little late, always in a hurry. Every single moment's important, so you never have enough time to do what you want to do. It's ridiculous.
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I do not follow the rules of fashion, and I don't like to be considered a man of the world of fashion. I like to call it the 'style industry' because we try to work on taste.
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It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their highest perfection.
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The authenticity aspect is pretty important to me. When we have to compromise and do something that's not authentic, it really rubs me, every time I have to see it in the edit, which is millions of times.
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When you are very idealistic, but caught in a world which is all about business, it creates anguish.
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I wasn't trying to be a role model with 'The Dutchess,' but suddenly, seeing little girls in the audience with their moms made me think about what I do onstage a little bit more. I had to watch my mouth, because it can be filthy. It changed things for me.
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Everyday is a fashion show and the world is the runway.
