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Fashion Quotes by Marc Jacobs

61 Fashion quotes by Marc Jacobs

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Jacobs sees fashion as a costume for a personal movie, where each person chooses the role they want. He stresses that the final judge is the customer, and that clothes should not end up forgotten on a shelf. He also points out that a $1200 dress that looks cheap is absurd.

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Any opportunity to adorn oneself is human, and accessories are an easy way to do it.

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We don't need fashion to survive, we just desire it so much.

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I used to buy good shoes, now I buy good bags. They make me feel more confident.

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Life is a fashion show, the world is your runway.

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The best dresses are like t-shirts - you just put them on and forget about them.

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I believe that anything can be for men or women. I mean, I've worn a lace dress before!

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I still appreciate individuality. Style is much more interesting than fashion, really.

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Listen, 'real' women are the reason the fashion industry exists.

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I'd like to believe that the women who wear my clothes are not dressing for other people, that they're wearing what they…

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But the customer is the final, final filter. What survives the whole process is what people wear. I'm not interested in making…

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I want to see women in pantsuits or two pieces, even something a little bit gaudy. It's so much more exciting than…

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I love a blouse that's dumb. I love to use the word 'dumb.' It's not knowing, and the word 'blouse' is so…

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You don't do a double-take any more. Our eyes have become accustomed to it. I mean, a dowdy skirt is accepted as…

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I always wanted to be a fashion designer so I just have to remember that as long as I'm doing it I'm…

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I love the entire ritual of getting dressed. When we do a fashion show, we try to send out a message; we…

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I love how the reality of fashion is all about something for that moment and then the extremity of dismissal.

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I think of many people and no one as a muse. I love the way Sofia looks always, and I love the…

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Basically, I'm in a kilt and a white shirt every day. So, you know, I don't have a lot of scope, and…

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Marc Jacobs is full of creative people and Louis Vuitton is again a name on the door, a name that has existed…

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But I'm blessed to work with great people. I collaborate with brilliant stylists both here and in Paris. I work with a…

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What's comfortable to me is familiarity. Comfort has nothing to do with the size of the garment. I do find something quite…

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No one ever said 'no' to me about anything. No one ever told me anything was wrong. Never. No one ever said,…

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I never cared about buying things for myself, like clothes. And then all of a sudden I realized how great it is…

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It was never my desire to revolutionize fashion, to make clothes that could be in a museum. I want to create clothes…

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I think it's an old fashioned notion that fashion needs to be exclusive to be fashionable.

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Fashion isn't a necessity. It pulls at your heart. It's a whim. You don't need it. You want it.

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My designs are aimed at fashion conscious urbanites.

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Luxury is about pleasing yourself, not dressing for other people

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Clothes mean nothing until someone lives in them.

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Happy, happy fashion. There is not much more to it than that.

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Real fashion is something you don't need - it's something you want.

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Fragrance, like fashion is meant to express a strong personal style.

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I'm not a model, so the idea of modelling a suit or clothes is weird in itself.

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I don't find clothes sexy at all. I find people sexy.

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Fashion is such a fairytale and it is such a fantasy. And it's about metamorphosis and sort of changing yourself and playing…

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Fashion is just something money can buy. People who are stylish are free and have no fear in staying true to themselves.…

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One thing that is exciting about fashion is the surprise element. People don't know what they want. They just know when they…

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I do love fashion. I certainly wouldn't suffer all the stress that comes with it if I didn't really love it. I…

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I don't believe in fashion dictatorship, and I find that anybody who follows the dictates of fashion is a bit lost. I'm…

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Anyone who thinks designers don't talk to editors, and editors don't talk to stores doesn't know what's happening...It's called crossover, sampling all…

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