Aslaug Magnusdottir Quotes
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I worked as President of House of Waris for a year and a half, and Waris is one of my favorite people. He is not only a talented designer but also a warm and genuine person and a pleasure to work with.
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Designers were saying to me that they didn't have a place to sell their special pieces from the runway.
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Having trained as a dancer growing up, I love any dance related events.
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I'm Icelandic, from this small country where there was very limited access to fashion when I was growing up, and so, for me, it's really important to have a product that's relevant for this global customer.
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The fashion sector is very hot in New York, especially the fashion tech sector, and a lot of women have been the leaders in the industry.
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I never wear pants; I only wear dresses.
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While my calendar with Moda Operandi often takes me to fashionable locales like Milan and Paris, I am thrilled when opportunities to visit new places present themselves.
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A lot of people made their first luxury fashion purchase, but at a discount. And that made it an easier purchasing decision.
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If someone is making a very expensive purchase decision, they typically have a lot of questions about the fit and about what to wear the item with. In some cases, they'll ask for additional images or want to contact the designer.
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When I was working at Gilt, a lot of people at the time - this is back in 2009; Gilt launched in 2007 - were making their first fashion purchases online and at a discount.
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Overall, I was extremely impressed with the fashion scene that Stockholm has to offer, both on and off the runways.
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Daft Punk's 'One More Time' remains one of my favorite 'getting ready to go out tonight' songs.
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It's definitely an interesting question: 'Do you need more funding to start a luxury business?' That's something I want to think about a little bit more.
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The Stockholm street style is distinctive, with ensembles that exemplify the city's understated elegance.
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Part of the budget should be used to purchase the items that you really need, such as a new coat or boots. Part of the budget should then be set aside to buy things you fall in love with and can't live without.
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We use digitisation and 3D-render programs such as Optitex and ClO3D to create the silhouettes, but we invented our system to let users mix and match components in real time.
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I consider myself to be a citizen of the world.
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I enjoy walking through Nolita and Chinatown, watching the people and the buildings, browsing through shops and stopping at little cafes for a cup of coffee or glass of wine.
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As I have written before, one of my favorite parts of my job as CEO of Moda Operandi is the opportunity I get to explore international fashion scenes to discover new talent, and then being able to introduce these designers to our community of fashion-savvy customers worldwide.
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It is always a pleasure to see what NYC, London, Paris and Milan have to offer.
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What I've always found about going to a tailor is that it's a little bit daunting. You don't know exactly what it's going to look like, it's hard to know who to go to, and it's still a very expensive proposition.
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As a customer, I would see pieces that I loved and then find out they weren't being made because no store had ordered them.
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I first met Michael Angel when he came to my office with a box of prints and asked me whether I thought he should make dresses from the prints.
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There are so many women throughout the world who appreciate beautiful design and have the budget to buy designer fashion but sometimes have a hard time finding the things that they really want or that suit their lifestyle or their culture or whatever it may be.