One thing I learned is how much easier it is to write about clothes than it is to make them. — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
The clothes most worn by people are the clothes least commented on by the press. — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
My clothes are fabulous - colourful, fun and by some very special designers. They deserve a better life than being sleeping beauties… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
When I look at my clothes, I think of them as an expression of the joy and fun of fashion - with… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
I have a love for colorful things. I'm a fashion maximalist. I come from the school of people who look at the… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
Who needs to graduate from Central Saint Martins in London or New York's Fashion Institute of Technology when a homemade outfit can… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
At the 'Times,' all journalists on every subject followed the same rules and were supposed to meet the same standards, so I… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
As the fashion carousel spins ever faster, the concern is that, while the stream of newness never runs out, there's going to… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
The clothes that fire up my emotions are colorful and 'different' pieces. My eye still picks out gilded-cloque glamour from among Burberry's… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
Fledgling designers need investment - but how much easier it is to put them in a dead man or woman's shoes, perhaps… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
I was taken to my first fashion show - Nina Ricci haute couture - in Paris by the White Russian princess, down… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
Only the fat-cat corporations can really afford to put on two mega-ready-to-wear shows a year, or four if you add two haute… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
As a journalist, I cannot help imagining with excitement a new era with a face-off between Hedi Slimane at YSL and Raf… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
With the traditional six-month lead time on the delivery of international show content, designer collections can be outpaced by the so-called fast… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
Nan Kempner wore one of the first Saint Laurent trouser suits to one of those fancy Madison Avenue restaurants and was denied… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
There are some designers who flash and burn - Courreges is an example of that. But he still marked fashion history. And… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
Minimalism? It is something I appreciate as an art form but leave to others - unless you count a collection of warhorse-workwear… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
I think there's a sort of agony with all intelligent and very creative designers that it's only fashion, that in the end… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
If fashion is for everyone, is it fashion? The answer goes far beyond the collections and relates to the speed of fast… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
I think there's too much mixing fashion and intellect. Fashion ultimately is designed to cover the human body, to give you joy,… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
I am not a hoarder, but my wardrobe is the antithesis of fast fashion. I buy clothes - beautiful in looks and… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
I always have separated myself from my critiques of collections. My judgment is not about whether I would wear it - but… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share Image
The clothes most worn by people are the clothes least commented on by the press. — Suzy Menkes Copy Share
I am not really sure that Diana Vreeland did Yves Saint Laurent a favor, as opposed to the world, by putting that exhibition at… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share
I don't really believe in elegance. Ever since I first came to France many years ago to do the Chambre Syndicale course, I always… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share
In the mid-1990s, when I stopped having to run from the shows to the film developing lab and first saw digital images, I blessed… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share
I am not a hoarder, but my wardrobe is the antithesis of fast fashion. I buy clothes - beautiful in looks and make -… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share
Nan Kempner wore one of the first Saint Laurent trouser suits to one of those fancy Madison Avenue restaurants and was denied access. She… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share
The clothes that fire up my emotions are colorful and 'different' pieces. My eye still picks out gilded-cloque glamour from among Burberry's streamlined trench… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share
Only the fat-cat corporations can really afford to put on two mega-ready-to-wear shows a year, or four if you add two haute couture shows,… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share
I am thrilled to become International Vogue Editor at Condé Nast International, which has a real commitment to journalistic excellence, and to have the… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share
With the traditional six-month lead time on the delivery of international show content, designer collections can be outpaced by the so-called fast fashion chains.… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share
Fledgling designers need investment - but how much easier it is to put them in a dead man or woman's shoes, perhaps also backing… — Suzy Menkes Copy Share
The Romanovs are overtaken by the Indian Maharajahs as American heiresses pick over the carcasses of fallen Empire. — Suzy Menkes Copy Share
