American Quote by Tadashi Yanai

Cotton is my life.

— Billy Baldwin

When I was starting, there were wool mills in the U.S. that could make you anything. The U.S. used to produce the most beautiful…

— Anna Sui

Let there be worse cotton and better men.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I started to work with cotton fabrics. I used cotton because it's easy to work with, to wash, to take care of, to wear…

— Issey Miyake

Textile manufacturers use complicated chemical and industrial processes to make clothing materials, from cotton to synthetic fibers. And while the environmental consequences aren't always…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

Having stuff that fits you perfectly makes the craziest difference. I remember the first times that I was introduced to that - having a…

— Mayer Hawthorne

North Americans as a whole need to embrace having clothes altered to their body. I hear it all the time: why do the Europeans…

— Michael Kors

Because America doesn't have a strong textile industry anymore, we have to bring things like fabrics, zippers, and color tape into the U.S., and…

— Maria Cornejo

I have previously been a very enthusiastic consumer, and I didn't think about the origins of garments enough.

— Erin O'Connor

I am always trying to find fabrics that are more friendly to the environment - working with Virgin Atlantic, they managed to research into…

— Vivienne Westwood

Our underwear used to just be cotton, but we wanted to see if we could create something out of synthetics.

— Tadashi Yanai

During summer, I only wear cotton and linen.

— Rituparna Sengupta