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My own photography collections. :)

— Nylle

Every time that I wanted to give up, if I saw an interesting textile, print what ever, suddenly I would see a collection.

— Anna Sui

A part of my kind of design and inspiration ethos is that I carry around a leather notebook and I sketch in it, doodle…

— John Varvatos

I started looking at fashion magazines, specifically 'British Vogue.' I was reading a lot about Cecil Beaton. Then I thought maybe I should start…

— Hamish Bowles

When I became a photographer, I took Mums talent for granted. She would take pictures out the car window and then they became these…

— Mary McCartney

People always ask me how I start a collection, and I tell them that I just look around. What am I tired of? What…

— Tom Ford

When I was designing my clothing line, I would find a print that I love and then decide what to make with it.

— Whitney Port

When I was young, I did actually model and was much photographed by famous photographers. But I was always a bookworm.

— Marina Warner

I do Xeroxes of my past collections and then I draw over them to see where I'll go next.

— Rick Owens

My introduction to photography and a lot of how I developed aesthetically was through '50s and early-'60s fashion magazines like Harper's Bazaar and Vogue.

— Patti Smith

I grew up with a mother who always had every fashion magazine stacked up on the side of her bed. When I was really…

— Laura Jane Grace

Fashion remains closest to my heart. I get genuinely excited by my collections - I never wanted to be a businessman.

— John Rocha