Being your own woman, not cookie cutter - that is the greatest luxury! — Maria Cornejo Being Copy Share Image
As a kid, I always used to make clothes. My grandmother made everything with me - she taught me how to knit. — Maria Cornejo Clothes Copy Share Image
Normally I sleep in until 7, and most days, I go right into the office. On Tuesdays, though, I stay home and… — Maria Cornejo Day Copy Share Image
I got fired from my first job in a store when I was a student because I kept wearing my own things,… — Maria Cornejo Clothes Copy Share Image
For us, every day is Earth Day. It's like with Women's Day recently, I said, "Every day is women's day - we're… — Maria Cornejo Earth Copy Share Image
Guys are not good under pressure. They're just not good at multitasking, but on that note, we should be a bit less… — Maria Cornejo Good Copy Share Image
I did go to fashion college, where I was a little punky, a little Bow Wow Wow. I wore red eyeliner. At… — Maria Cornejo Bow wow Copy Share Image
If you feel good about your clothes, you get excited. And I want women to feel good when they're wearing my clothes… — Maria Cornejo Be proud Copy Share Image
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Chelsea Handler, Tilda Swinton, and Sofia Coppola are other clients. They're all risk takers but never look like they're in… — Maria Cornejo Like Copy Share Image
My aunt made stuff; my mom was creative, so I was surrounded by that. When I moved to England, it was '75,… — Maria Cornejo Age life Copy Share Image
Before I started my company in 1998, I worked for big companies traveling a lot and saw firsthand how much waste there… — Maria Cornejo Big Copy Share Image
If you feel good about yourself, even putting a little bit of makeup - I don't usually wear makeup, but you know,… — Maria Cornejo Face Copy Share Image
The idea was to have something wearable that fit with my reality, which was being a mom with two young kids and… — Maria Cornejo Clothes Copy Share Image
Because America doesn't have a strong textile industry anymore, we have to bring things like fabrics, zippers, and color tape into the… — Maria Cornejo America Copy Share Image
The fashion business got boring. I was working with big companies, but the minute it became too formulaic, I got bored with… — Maria Cornejo Art Copy Share Image
I'm not one for conventional wisdom. I founded my label in 1998, but after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, my Japanese backers pulled… — Maria Cornejo Business Copy Share Image
When people wear our Bolivian knits and see who knitted them, they are excited because they know they are supporting this women's… — Maria Cornejo Black Copy Share Image
I don't follow trends - it's more of an instinct thing. Honestly, I'm kind of my own worst client. I wake up… — Maria Cornejo Challenges Copy Share Image
I always say you can only change things from within. It's all about energy. If it's positive, then - even, like, somebody… — Maria Cornejo Change Copy Share Image
My own personal tweets are very limited. I think I have, like, 68 followers on my personal Twitter. — Maria Cornejo I think Copy Share Image
The fashion business has to change. There's too much waste. — Maria Cornejo Business Copy Share Image
Sexiness today is not about having a perfect body and wearing a tight mini skirt; it's about what you don't show that's… — Maria Cornejo Body Copy Share Image
People aren't buying blindly anymore, they want transparency. They want to know informed about where their clothes were made. I think that's… — Maria Cornejo Loyal Copy Share Image
Knowledge creates the demand. The more people know about it, the more people will be interested and demand for things to be… — Maria Cornejo Careful Copy Share Image
My chemistry teacher wanted me to do chemistry, and my art teacher wanted me to do art. Fashion seemed like a good… — Maria Cornejo Art Copy Share Image
My parents, they were both Socialists; they were young - 30, 31. They were both successful career people. They had been teachers,… — Maria Cornejo Career Copy Share Image
It became very important for me to stand up and design with a conscience for environment, you know? Just because you like… — Maria Cornejo Conscience Copy Share Image
We can't start with big thinking, we have to approach it little by little. Sustainability isn't going to become big right away.… — Maria Cornejo Climate Copy Share Image
When I was in high school in England, I wasn't sure that you could have a career in fashion. In those days,… — Maria Cornejo Clothes Copy Share Image
My shrink said to me once when I used to get really overwhelmed and super depressed because I was really run down… — Maria Cornejo Business Copy Share Image
My art teacher was really encouraging me, because he really liked that I could draw. I felt very torn. At that time,… — Maria Cornejo Art Copy Share Image
There are social and environmental impacts. You might be working with a factory that underpays its staff or mistreats its workers, or… — Maria Cornejo Conscious Copy Share Image
I've always been very aware of environment. When I was a kid I wanted to be a marine biologist until I realized… — Maria Cornejo Around the world Copy Share Image
There's strength in numbers. One designer isn't going to change everything. Everyone has to demand that their materials are being sustainably sourced.… — Maria Cornejo Animal Copy Share Image
I wanted to start something in New York that focused on making products locally and, because I'd just had my second child,… — Maria Cornejo Children Copy Share Image
I wanted to start something in New York that focused on making products locally, and because I'd just had my second child… — Maria Cornejo Being a mom Copy Share Image
It would be great if everybody got a conscience. If we started to take more responsibility for the pollution in the world… — Maria Cornejo Conscience Copy Share Image
My parents came from very humble families. My grandfather had a construction business coming from farmland, and my grandmother could never read… — Maria Cornejo Business Copy Share Image
