Black dandy culture took center stage, blending heritage and high fashion
"Don’t be into trends. Don’t make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way you live."
“I’m a very down-to-earth person, but it is my job to make that earth more pleasant.”
"People tell me that I've saved their marriages. It costs them a fortune in shoes, but it's cheaper than a divorce. So I'm still useful, you see."
“Girls do not dress for boys. They dress for themselves and, of course, each other. If girls dressed for boys they’d just walk around naked at all times.”
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"It’s a new era in fashion–there are no rules. It’s all about the individual and personal style, wearing high-end, low-end, classic labels, and up-and-coming designers all together."
“What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language.”
"Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak."
“The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don't wear her.”
“I have always believed that fashion was not only to make women more beautiful, but also to reassure them, give them confidence."
“The greenest thing you could do in fashion is to buy something you’re going to use for years.”
“A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.”
“Fashion needs to make one happy. It is a luxury and should enhance one’s quality of life.”
"Style is something each of us already has–all we need to do is find it."
"Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself."
"Elegance is elimination."
“Playing dress-up begins at age five and never really ends.”
"Fashion is like eating–you shouldn't stick to the same menu."
"You can never take too much care over the choice of your shoes. Too many women think that they are unimportant, but the real proof of an elegant woman is what is on her feet."
"I hope the people remember Dolce & Gabbana for the sensuality, for the Mediterranean sense, for our honesty to the life."
"Style is the only thing you can’t buy. It’s not in a shopping bag, a label, or a price tag. It’s something reflected from our soul to the outside world—an emotion.”
"Fashion is about what you look like, which translates to what you would like to be like."
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If there are people who know a thing or two about fashion, it's the individuals who design it. But these are no ordinary fashion designers. In this gallery, we've selected the biggest names in the fashion world and picked out some of their best quotes, so you can get a glimpse into what these designers were (and are) about.
Browse through and discover what famous fashion designers said about fashion and life.