Army Quote by Paul Johnson

I became a fashion designer to make clothes for the people, not to be a top couturier in the French tradition.

— Issey Miyake

I graduated from Academy of Fashion and Costume Design in Rome. At first, I thought I was going to be a costume designer for…

— Isabella Rossellini

I never wanted to work in fashion. At age 12 or 13, I wanted to design for showgirls - for the theater! And I…

— Christian Louboutin

Obviously when I came I wanted to live in Paris. I wanted to work or... if that didn't work out... perhaps go away with…

— Anna Karina

I wanted to be anything but a designer. I was not willing to enroll into fashion school. It is just because that was the…

— Masaba Gupta

I kind of took inspiration from my time in Paris. That was kind of the real time when I discovered European fashion. It's stuck…

— Olivia Palermo

I always dreamt of becoming an artist in Paris. Thanks to the Army, it happened.

— William Klein

If not an actress, I would have been a designer. I like to work on my own clothes and make-up.

— Koena Mitra

I wanted to be a fashion designer.

— Heidi Klum

On my own account I certainly wouldn't have become the director of a couture house. I didn't have sufficient admiration for fashion as such…

— Pierre Berge

I never had the idea of moving to Paris and becoming something. I liked the idea of living in Paris because it seemed to…

— Rosecrans Baldwin

The very, very first thing that I wanted was to make a living - be independent and have a job. It might have come…

— Rei Kawakubo