Polly Allen Mellen

I hate grunge. It was the worst period of my life.

— Polly Allen Mellen

I wear all my T-shirts from Helmut Lang with the holes in the elbows, which people always speak of. When my husband…

— Polly Allen Mellen

There are certain people who hang onto nostalgia and I wish they wouldn't. I wish the young beautiful actresses and other people…

— Polly Allen Mellen

Steven Meisel is completely consumed with what interests him. He does what he wants to do, and when something doesn't interest him,…

— Polly Allen Mellen

I think there a lot of great photographers working right now in the 2010. At the same time I do occasionally feel…

— Polly Allen Mellen

I thought Fred Astaire was the most chic man. I loved the way he dressed. Never mind his dancing, which was beyond…

— Polly Allen Mellen

I also had a huge crush on William Holden. I would go to see William Holden's movies alone - I didn't want…

— Polly Allen Mellen

I was surrounded by talented people. I always remember Mrs. Carmel Snow, saying to me, "You know, Polly, if one person thinks…

— Polly Allen Mellen

I think the reason for vulgarity is because of the freedom that there is now to do certain things, and a lack…

— Polly Allen Mellen

One day, Sally Kirkland said to Diana Vreeland, who was the fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar at the time, "I have a…

— Polly Allen Mellen

Happy family gives you a brick-by-brick foundation that you build on for the rest of your life. And then it teaches you…

— Polly Allen Mellen

I do think there is a lack of modernity at the moment - and I don't even like that word, modernity, anymore.…

— Polly Allen Mellen

Have you ever held a snake? Well, let me tell you, it is so erotic.

— Polly Allen Mellen

A lot of women say to me, "Polly, why aren't there more clothes out there that we can wear?" And I don't…

— Polly Allen Mellen

I like people with guts. I want to feel in the clothes what the designer is really feeling when they're alone with…

— Polly Allen Mellen

I personally do not think that I have ever done, in my working life, anything vulgar. I know I've done provocative things.

— Polly Allen Mellen

I think movies also played a part in my interest in fashion. I've also always been hooked on the movies. From my…

— Polly Allen Mellen

I think Alexander McQueen was very, very special. When I went to his first show, I couldn't speak because I was so…

— Polly Allen Mellen

I think that there are people who go to the best stores, and they have money, so money is no object, but…

— Polly Allen Mellen

When you think about Balenciaga muse and model Charlotte Gainsbourg and Lou Doillon - I mean, you look at their mother Jane…

— Polly Allen Mellen

You can squint and see something else, or something will come forward in the paint. You'll always see something else.

— Polly Allen Mellen

Helmut Lang is an amazing man - always striving, always moving forward.

— Polly Allen Mellen

You cannot squelch what's happening at the moment - you cannot put a lid on it and squash it down.

— Polly Allen Mellen

I loved the masculine style of dressing of Katharine Hepburn, who came from the same town that I came from. I was…

— Polly Allen Mellen

How many times have people said to me, "I think those pants are incredible, but I could never wear them." Well, why…

— Polly Allen Mellen