I like cold. I really like to go to cold towns. I love gray. I love winter. — Francisco Costa Cold Copy Share Image
My parents had a factory, so I was linked to the textile and fashion industry. — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
I cannot live without art: it excites me, it challenges me, and it leads me to the next thing. — Francisco Costa Art Copy Share Image
If you have beautiful knees, show your knees. I'm not a puritan. I love skin. — Francisco Costa Beautiful Copy Share Image
You think 24-7 when you're a creative person. And I find pleasure in everything - if I'm in a flea market, I'm… — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
People don't really go to museums in Rio. I shouldn't say it's not sophisticated, but, you know, they go to the beach. — Francisco Costa Artist Copy Share Image
I love to garden and cook whenever I get the chance and escape anywhere that's peaceful and quiet. My philosophy on living… — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
I hate to sound esoteric, but there is something about a house that leads you to that one chair, that one corner,… — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that red carpet helps us broaden the appeal of the brand. Calvin Klein used to be about a… — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
I came to New York in 1986. My father didn't think it was a good idea. I didn't know how I found… — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
I just hate people who are lazy. To be on my team, you have to have energy and a sense of wanting… — Francisco Costa Energy Copy Share Image
I could never before say that I loved color or that I understood color. But Oscar de la Renta opened up a… — Francisco Costa Brain Copy Share Image
All the Tauruses I know have this connection to the earth and the environment. We are very curious people, very loyal, very… — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
My mother was very fashion-oriented, and she started a little children's wear business that became large in this little town. She used… — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
I didn't know who Calvin Klein was, really. But Brooke Shields, we knew her from those incredible commercials - "There's nothing between… — Francisco Costa Educational Copy Share Image
You can't compare us, but I do think that Calvin Klein influenced his way of working. Calvin created this whole aesthetic with… — Francisco Costa Aesthetic Copy Share Image
My mom. She was quite a character. Open-minded. It was a very small town, and she started her own business, manufacturing children's… — Francisco Costa America Copy Share Image
I wonder if I would have been less organic of a designer without my background. Maybe I would be more academic about… — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
I only do what I do. For me, it is a craft. It's got to be my own thing - otherwise, I… — Francisco Costa Being successful Copy Share Image
When I say art influences me, which it does, it's not at all in a literal form. You go and see exhibitions… — Francisco Costa Art Copy Share Image
I didn't even have a portfolio, but I went to Tom Ford the next morning. He said, "I'd love you to come… — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
I don't love reading so much, but I love book shopping. It's just because I don't have much time. — Francisco Costa Book Copy Share Image
My resolution is to make positivity, thankfulness and happiness my new mantra. — Francisco Costa Gratitude Copy Share Image
I wanted to be involved with fashion, though I didn't know what being a designer meant. — Francisco Costa Being Copy Share Image
I have no tolerance for boredom. I spend so many hours in the office, and I still love it. — Francisco Costa Boredom Copy Share Image
When a sketch comes into this three-dimensional form and everybody contributes, it's really fantastic. — Francisco Costa Artist Copy Share Image
My love of fashion stemmed from my mother's passion for it. — Francisco Costa Fashion Copy Share Image
I've reached a certain age where I love to work. I could just live here [at the studio]. — Francisco Costa Age Copy Share Image
I came to New York when I was 21, 22. I couldn't speak English. I knew I wanted to go to fashion school. — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
I drape a lot. I cut. I have to touch. For me, it's almost impossible to start without that. — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
Brazil is not what you see but what you feel. Once you spend time here - a week, two weeks - you… — Francisco Costa Brazil Copy Share Image
Rio was a period of my life, and then, poof, I'm gone. I was very young living here, just kind of floating.… — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
Milan, for me, is a city of discovery. You can find some amazing gardens behind some great houses; I also love finding… — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
I don't listen to music when designing. We create in silence. I go through a torturous process because everything has to be… — Francisco Costa Copy Share Image
Being sexy is not about what's on show, it's all about suggestion, or insinuation. I'm interested in the way a garment hangs… — Francisco Costa Being sexy Copy Share Image
You think of luxury when you think of Calvin Klein. He created this lifestyle that's really desirable, so our whole project has… — Francisco Costa Excellence Copy Share Image
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