Couture Quotes · Page 3

I'd say I play on old world couture as opposed to modern day bridal; there's something very timeless and appealing in that.

— Emilia Wickstead

'Mad Fashion' follows the everyday workings of me and my workshop, where we make fashion, costumes, props, and couture!

— Chris March

Even during the golden age of fashion, you had haute couture houses where the designers didn't have money.

— Olivier Theyskens

I am still in love with couture because it is just two months from drawing pad to runway so everything on the…

— Christian Lacroix

The couture client wants the latest things, but she wants the clothes to be super-special - the fabrics won't even touch or…

— Riccardo Tisci

[Riccardo Tisci ] has an interesting approach to weaving the contemporary with the couture, and blending tribes and collections. It always seems…

— Erykah Badu

Cheap as chips, cheap as chips, it's a British expression. There's no couture in their darling.

— Jojo Moyes

For so long Versace couture was identified with celebrities and music, which I love. But at the same time it could overwhelm…

— Donatella Versace

I'm constantly correcting young people and fashion students in this nation when they say "Well, I do couture." By definition, you don't.…

— Tim Gunn

In the beginning, to be honest I was super-scared. I turned up and took a step back and said, 'I am here…

— Riccardo Tisci

Couture occupies the uppermost stratosphere of fashion. It is the holy of holies, as only about 2,000 women globally are fortunate enough…

— Kevin Kwan

Fashion is always connected to manual work, previously at least. That's what couture is all about. Today, this is giving an opportunity…

— Manish Arora

For me, haute couture is a necessity. I never would have done this job were it not for haute couture. It is…

— Christian Lacroix

I just think of couture clothing as wearable art. So from - to that extent I, you know, I love having the…

— Debra Messing

With couture, you're going right to the consumer, and that's something we learned from doing trunk shows. You're meeting the client; you're…

— Giles Deacon

I want to get away from couture just being done for a picture or for a single moment on the red carpet.…

— Raf Simons

After all, it's very important for any big-name designer to have a couture range. I leave the ready-to-wear to my partner and…

— Jimmy Choo

Dior Couture is like art - they are the art pieces of a fashion house. Each piece is unique and made by…

— Patrick Demarchelier

I don't really buy designer stuff. I have a few nice things, but I don't really have the occasion to wear couture…

— Emma Watson

The pret-a-porter collection will be the same as couture in essence: I love luxury, beautiful products, handmade with care, but at more…

— Stephane Rolland

It's couture. Everything has to be done by hand. That is most important. That is the crucial element. Without it, that is…

— Marco Zanini

Training in Las Vegas at Xtreme Couture was awesome and I was there for almost two years.

— Michael Chandler

Fashion is it's own currency, some pieces of fashion you can never put a dollar amount on.

— Melody Minagar

Working for incredible talents like Balenciaga and Antonio Castillo, I learned about the immense skill and creativity involved in couture work.

— Oscar de la Renta

EXTREME LUXURY ISN'T THE MOST BLING-BLING, IT'S EXTREME REFINEMENT, WHICH IS COUTURE AT ITS FINEST.

— Karl Lagerfeld

It's what I call the haute couture, high-end version of fear perfectionism. It's just fear in really good shoes. But it's still…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I do not believe there has ever been a name as important as Pierre Cardin in the general history of couture.

— Pierre Cardin

I like watching Randy Couture, Chuck Liddell... Anderson Silva, BJ Penn, Georges St. Pierre, I'm a big fan of all those guys.

— James Toney

I did that Dior Couture 60th anniversary show in July. It took so long to get ready, I think I would have…

— Linda Evangelista

I think the golden age of couture had some of the most incredible customers: women like Nan Kempner and all the icons.

— Nicolas Ghesquiere

I was on the couch watching Tim Sylvia beat Ricco Rodriguez, Randy Couture beat Tim Sylvia, and Josh Barnett fight in PRIDE.

— Travis Browne

I've worn dresses from all different price ranges, and the thing that couture dresses have in common is that the fit is…

— Beyonce Knowles

The detail that goes into couture stuff is insane. Everything is handmade - every sequin, every double stitch.

— Ella Purnell

With couture, the great thing is that each piece has its own character, and you have space to explore and continue themes…

— Giles Deacon

Couture is emotion. Couture is freedom. Couture is not thinking about pricing and not thinking about craziness. You can do whatever you…

— Riccardo Tisci

I was wearing like, a Juicy Couture men's polo shirt. We weren't there, like, ready for war

— Kanye West

I saw a lot of haute couture all my childhood, and without knowing it I've learned from when I was a child…

— Ines de La Fressange

Fashion is so mass-produced now; I hope there will come a refocus on how people see couture. And I would also hope…

— Raf Simons

The problem with couture is not designers; it's what happens when the couturier will no longer be there.

— Alber Elbaz

On 9/11, that morning, I was in a Christian Dior Couture appointment at the Hotel Pierre.

— Andre Leon Talley