Before Quote by Jason Wu

I knew from my youngest age I wanted to be a fashion designer. I was always draping fabric and working with color palettes.

— Catherine Malandrino

Ever since I was young I loved making things and being part of the design process.

— Maria Sharapova

I came from product design originally - I had been designing dolls for a toy company since I was 16 - so I'm used…

— Jason Wu

I was quite successful as a make-up artist for 23 years, doing a lot of prosthetics.

— Dave Myers

I love being a fashion designer.

— Roberto Cavalli

I always wanted to be a designer. It was when I started modelling for my college shows that I came under the spotlight.

— Neha Sharma

I didn't long to be a designer. I always liked fashion, but it was always a bit sleeping in me.

— Carolina Herrera

I have known that I wanted to be a designer since I was 8 years old.

— Rachel Roy

I definitely went through a phase where I wanted to be a fashion designer when I was younger... But I certainly wasn't very good…

— Charli XCX

I realised as a teenager that I was destined for a creative life and found that fashion design was something I enjoyed and was…

— Jenny Packham

I used to design my Barbie dolls' clothes. I used to be doing hair.

— Sexyy Red

I've been designing my own pieces for a long time. My mother's a jewelry designer, so we knew at some point we were going…

— Christian Serratos