Designers Quotes · Page 6

But things move in circles: one minute it's the models who are famous, then it's the actresses, then it's the designers.

— Rachel Hunter

Fashion was in a crisis up until the mid-'90s and, when it came out of the crisis, it was a very different…

— Tim Gunn

So many designers now look to the past for their inspiration when creating new looks, but if you get one from the…

— Dawn O'Porter

Part of the intro to life in the public eye is, you get a bit of attention from fashion designers.

— Antoni Porowski

There are only a handful of designers that influence other designers, and I have to keep one step ahead of the game.

— Alexander McQueen

I want to see designers capitalize on a beauty that is not only white. I need them to stop acting like beautiful…

— Indya Moore

I know that the designers that have me in their shows have me for a reason, I know that the designers that…

— Gigi Hadid

My clothes are fabulous - colourful, fun and by some very special designers. They deserve a better life than being sleeping beauties…

— Suzy Menkes

There are a lot of designers who think they understand technology and a lot of technology guys who think they understand design.…

— Tony Fadell

I have always appreciated designers who dare to reinterpret fabrics and proportions, so I follow the Japanese and Belgian designers. The pieces…

— Zaha Hadid

We need to incorporate fashion into every element and institution, whether it be through designer-lecture series, photography exhibitions, or collaborative efforts between…

— Stephanie Winston Wolkoff

Fledgling designers need investment - but how much easier it is to put them in a dead man or woman's shoes, perhaps…

— Suzy Menkes

Katie Grand often comes in from a very different angle than what I've been thinking about. And that really gives it that…

— Giles Deacon

Because of reality television and all these celebrities thinking they can be designers, everyone imagines that they can just become a designer,…

— Anna Wintour

That's something I learned in art school. I studied graphic design in Germany, and my professor emphasized the responsibility that designers and…

— Eric Carle

My favourite designers always create a strong silhouette, like McQueen and Tom Ford and Alaia. I like structured things that you can…

— Liberty Ross

It is so important for designers not to run scared, and not to be too worried about what's safe and what's commercial.

— Anna Wintour

The United Kingdom has traditionally been a very small market, and even though you had such a creative group of designers, they…

— Natalie Massenet

There's something about the fashion world that I like, which is, I see a lot of the designers really have affection for…

— Harvey Weinstein

All of the designs on Minted are crowd-sourced from a global community of independent designers. We hold monthly design and art challenges…

— Mariam Naficy

“Good design looks easy. Like great athletes, great designers make it look easy. Mostly this is an illusion.”

— Paul Graham

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

— Anna Wintour

I am proud that my collections have received such praise, and I am even more proud to share the stage with so…

— Nicole Richie

The first thing I do in the morning is take my vitamins. I don't want to say which vitamins; I don't think…

— L'Wren Scott

“Designers know too much about their product to be objective judges: the features they have come to love and prefer may not…

— Donald A. Norman

I think that young British designers have a kind of fearlessness in they way they approach fashion.

— Monika Chiang

Systematically identity top designers as early as possible. The best are often not the most experienced.

— Fred Brooks

Designers become translators for me. That's why I've gone to people like Gareth Pugh and Viktor and Rolf - they are speaking…

— Roisin Murphy

I thought, 'It doesn't matter what that woman is wearing,' but then I realised actually it's our job as designers to make…

— Alber Elbaz

Designers have always shown outlandish and exuberant clothes, but that hasn't always translated to the streets.

— Jason Wu

The present fashion system is too hard - there are too many collections. The designers have no time to think! Money is…

— Azzedine Alaia

For me, one of my personal inspirations was designers in the mid-20th century named Charles and Ray Eames.

— Joe Gebbia

Designers have told me that their collections are so me, but I don't always recognise it because if you ask me what…

— Carine Roitfeld

I founded Minted in 2007 with the desire to use 'crowd-sourcing' to bring designs from the best emerging and independent designers in…

— Mariam Naficy

The Council of Fashion Designers of America is a national neurotic society of creative leaders in various fields of fashion.

— Oscar de la Renta

Designers are either not interested in making larger sizes or they don't feel that it's important.

— Tess Holliday

Being design-led means designers take ideas from the abstract to the concrete, from potential to real value.

— Jens Martin Skibsted

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

You don't need money to look fabulous. There are so many awesome new designers, so many designers doing collections for mass retailers.

— Stacy London

Most designers don't dress in fashion. They dress in an anonymous way so that people are just judging their work.

— Louise Wilson