Always Quote by Sheila Heti

I thought fashion was just the pretext to do images with lots of freedom and get them published in magazines. You could express your…

— Peter Lindbergh

I think the media put more pressure on women, especially in regards to the way they look and how they're supposed to behave.

— Kate Nash

We as women are trained to see ourselves as cheap imitations of fashion photographs, rather than seeing fashion photographs as cheap imitations of women

— Naomi Wolf

There's not a lot of positive role models of women in newspapers and magazines. I think it puts pressure on girls. They think that…

— Katie Taylor

Women are objectified in our culture. And more and more, it takes a great deal of confidence, especially as a woman, to break the…

— Tom Ford

Much of the discussion around how people look at women focuses on culture, as if the media is entirely to blame. As if, without…

— Sara Pascoe

“Why do magazines do this to women?” Miranda complains now, glaring at Vogue. “It’s all about creating insecurity. Trying to make women feel like…

— Candace Bushnell

From 12-year-old girls to 70-year-old matriarchs, I know hundreds of women who have some sort of body image issue. This is sad and seriously…

— Amanda de Cadenet

I believe women need to hear stories and see images that they can identify with, not media-fabricated ideals that even the 'role models' themselves…

— Amanda de Cadenet

Many parts of the media have created the situation where uninteresting fashion can thrive.

— Rei Kawakubo

Acts perpetrated by women, particularly attractive women, get far more media attention.

— Mia Bloom

From the very beginning I've said to women not to follow the fashion rules blindly, and to adapt clothes to suit who they are,…

— Sonia Rykiel