Joseph Altuzarra

I don't think I'm an artist or that I'm doing anything superintellectual. What's important to me is to get a visceral reaction…

— Joseph Altuzarra

I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel. I believe that clothes should make a woman feel beautiful. But sometimes it's the little…

— Joseph Altuzarra

It's important not to take all this fashion stuff too seriously, and I kind of love the idea of cheesiness.

— Joseph Altuzarra

In architecture and interiors, as well as fashion, there is an interaction that is both functional and aesthetic.

— Joseph Altuzarra

I was not a very popular kid in high school, and I had this idea that the way that I dressed would…

— Joseph Altuzarra

One of the guiding principles of Altuzarra is that fashion can be transformative, changing not just the way you look, but also…

— Joseph Altuzarra

We're making clothes - we aren't saving the world. I'm not saying that designers aren't artists, but at the end of the…

— Joseph Altuzarra

I think women want to feel beautiful. They want to feel seductive. I also try to think about items that can be…

— Joseph Altuzarra

I honestly think that with our generation - Alex Wang, Prabal Gurung, Jason Wu, Christian Cota, Robert Geller - there's a different…

— Joseph Altuzarra

I always listen to music while I draw.

— Joseph Altuzarra

Ballet teaches you how to hold yourself.

— Joseph Altuzarra

When I'm not working, I'm walking.

— Joseph Altuzarra

I think women want to feel beautiful. They want to feel seductive.

— Joseph Altuzarra

I try to think about items that can be worn in different ways so they can be worn more than once.

— Joseph Altuzarra

My mother has a very chic sense of style, but she also has high expectations for her clothes to be functional and…

— Joseph Altuzarra

When you start a collection, you have to push yourself to limits that may make you uncomfortable.

— Joseph Altuzarra

A lot of my pieces are about easy seductiveness and accessibility in terms of showing skin.

— Joseph Altuzarra

If you take away print and embroidery, you have to challenge yourself a bit more on the cut.

— Joseph Altuzarra

That's a big part of being a designer now: going out, having dinners, meeting people. Being in an ivory tower, you can…

— Joseph Altuzarra

When you live in Paris, and fashion is such a point of pride for the French, it's always around and you're very…

— Joseph Altuzarra

I'm always fetishizing the French woman and French taste and style. My assistant will make fun of me because every time we're…

— Joseph Altuzarra

The best and the worst thing about fashion is that anyone can do it. But because fashion can be the most unintellectual…

— Joseph Altuzarra

I wanted to create clothes for women in their 40s and 50s and 60s who have careers and are sexy and don't…

— Joseph Altuzarra

You can build a brand very fast now, especially with bloggers and how fast images can get out - the message just…

— Joseph Altuzarra

There's a side to me that likes to make clothes for everyday. But I also think of fashion as an escape. It's…

— Joseph Altuzarra

My mother has always encouraged me to do what I love. When I started being interested in fashion, she was very supportive,…

— Joseph Altuzarra

I was also very lucky to be able to work with talented people while I was learning. I didn't actually go to…

— Joseph Altuzarra

There's a side to me that likes to make clothes for everyday. But I also think of fashion as an escape. It's…

— Joseph Altuzarra

I wanted to create clothes for women in their 40s and 50s and 60s who have careers and are sexy and dont…

— Joseph Altuzarra

I think designers are starting to realize that we're all in the same industry. We're making clothes - we aren't saving the…

— Joseph Altuzarra

Starting your own business and thinking about how you can grow something and fulfill both expectations and needs of your retailers and…

— Joseph Altuzarra

One of my biggest pet peeves is well-dressed designers. If you spend that much time thinking about your own clothes, you're not…

— Joseph Altuzarra

When you look at women today, many take very good care of themselves - they exercise, they eat well, they achieve so…

— Joseph Altuzarra