Skip to content

Fashion Quotes by Anna Wintour

53 Fashion quotes by Anna Wintour

All Fashion quotes Anna Wintour’s page

Anna Wintour emphasizes how personal appearance matters, from choosing a morning outfit to seeing fashion as a public statement. She compares Beyoncé to a fashion superwoman and says style can be blunt, separating those who get it from those who don’t. The quotes also note the fast, spectacle‑driven pace of today’s industry and its new, broader access.

Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet

There's always a way to wear fur,

Image

They (fashion editors) have always been our secret weapon.

Image

Fashion is a reflection of the time.

Image

You either know fashion or you don't.

Image

If you can't be better than your competition, just dress better.

Image

Fashion is a reflection of our times. Fashion can tell you everything that's going on in the world with a strong fashion…

Image

Fashion is not beautiful, neither is it ugly. Why should it be either? Fashion is fashion.

Image

Even if I'm completely unsure, I'll pretend I know exactly what I'm talking about and make a decision.

Image

The notion that Anna would want something done "now" and not "shortly" is accurate.

Image

To me, fashion is ceaselessly fascinating because it is an expression of self.

Image

Vogue' is the best of everything that fashion can offer, and I think we point the way. We are, you know, a…

Image

If my style is too direct for some, maybe they should toughen up a bit.

Image

'Vogue' is a fashion magazine, and a fashion magazine is about change.

Image

Traditionally, those that work in fashion have always had the point of view that items made by hand have their own aura…

Image

There is unfortunately a world that still exists that dismisses fashion as being a little bit frivolous and the people who work…

Image

It's very important to me that I look good when I go out publicly. I like looking at my clothes rack in…

Image

Designers don't live in a vacuum; they are not blind to what's going on. They, too, will be inspired by what they…

Image

I can't make anything. I don't know how to make a dress. I couldn't go on a shoot and create an image.…

Image

My first job in the States was as a junior fashion editor at 'Harper's Bazaar,' which I enjoyed, but not for all…

Image

[The democratization of luxury] means more people are going to get better fashion. And the more people who can have fashion, the…

Image

The Fashion Fund celebrates the real passion that underlies the fashion business, not the frothy world of glamour and celebrity that so…

Image

Just be true to yourself, and listen as much as one is able to to other people whose opinions you respect and…

Image

I look for strong people. I don't like people who'll say yes to everything I might bring up. I want people who…

Image

I don't feel that Chinese designers have reached the level of prominence that European or American designers have, but we've noticed in…

Image

I saw young women in the street dressing in a way that I thought was influencing the designers. Fashion was being influenced…

Image

It is important always to have really original talent. There are lots of good designers that make attractive clothes and make women…

Image

We are devastated to learn of the death of Alexander McQueen, one of the greatest talents of his generation. He brought a…

Image

One doesn't want fashion to look ridiculous, silly, or out of step with the times - but you do want designers that…

Image

With all the new media outlets out there, with all the noise, a voice of authority and calm like Vogue becomes more…

Image

Fashion goes in only one direction -forward- and I am a firm believer in thinking that way too.

Image

It’s always about timing. If it’s too soon, no one understands. If it’s too late, everyone’s forgotten.

Image

It's important for young women and men coming out of the fashion schools to think seriously before starting their own collections.

Image

Fashion's not about looking back. It's always about looking forward.

Image

Create your own style. let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.

Image

After a series of jobs that I prefer not to recall, I was hired in the early eighties as fashion editor of…

Image

There is something about fashion that can make people really nervous.

Image

I see a lot of women in these great-looking sneakers, as though they are almost very influenced by sport.

Image

Fashion, which often seems to be on a path to be bigger, more Instagram-ready, can also achieve its best through sincerity.

Image

The elitist way of looking on the runway, frankly, seems old fashioned.

Image

I've been thinking a lot about the speed and spectacle in today's fashion industry, because they seem to mirror stresses in other…

Image

Other authors on Fashion

More by Anna Wintour

It's very important to me that I look good when I go out publicly. I like looking at my clothes rack in the morning…

I never pay any attention. I'm sure it's not such a good way to be, but I don't really follow market research.

I think Beyonce is every woman. She's superwoman, she's an extraordinary business woman, she's a force of fashion. She totally understands the way to…

We're all used to hearing the word 'authentic' a little too often these days, but in Senator Gillibrand's case, it's entirely accurate.

If my style is too direct for some, maybe they should toughen up a bit.

I don't have a high-powered life out of work. I like to go to the country for the weekend with the kids and the…

I’m very driven by what I do. I am certainly very competitive. I like people who represent the best at what they do. If…

The young people we hire today at Conde Nast are fearless polymaths.

Imperfection is fine.

We all have a role to play in creating safe environments where everyone can be free to work without fear.

In my own personal career, I have felt almost the most difficult thing to deal with is someone who doesn't tell you what they…

'Vogue' and 'Vice' may appear to some to see the world through different lenses. But in my view, both are fearless and breathtaking, with…

Part of the pleasure of editing 'Vogue,' one that lies in a long tradition of this magazine, is being able to feature those who…

You either know fashion or you don't.

I don't go to the afterparties. I think people always feel if I go to the afterparties, they have to behave well, which, after…