“There will be many small Armanis in my company to continue my work but there will be no genius capable of taking on all this. That would mean defrauding myself and my seriousness.” –Giorgio Armani has no filter in German weekly magazine Die Zeit, excerpted in WWD. He also told the mag he hates Hollywood Read more →
Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. –One of many famous one-liners by American author Mark Twain, who was born 176 years ago today. If he were alive today, how do you think he would dress?
Pope Benedict XVI goes to Africa and speaks about the value of women, the need for their emancipation, and the importance of achieving equality between men and women. Holy Father, wouldn’t it be more important that the Church started taking action instead of theorizing? There are many missions and laymen running foundations that help women Read more →
“Franca Sozzani once said something about John Galliano that I thought was perfect. She said that ‘Dior’s solution and salvation would be to bring back that man,’–and I agree. Of course he would never do that after being so badly treated. What he said was horrific, but said under the influence of drugs and alcohol–that Read more →
“There are a lot of pop stars making fashion collections – Kylie and J.Lo, Puff Daddy and Kanye West…Maybe next season, [Domenico Dolce and I] should sing a song.” –Stefano Gabbana quipped to the UK’s Times (via Grazia), when the subject of Madonna’s new line was broached.
It’s a shame she doesn’t wear more designers. I don’t really like the high street getting so much of the credit. I understand that there would be an array because you need to relate to so many people in the market, but she is a princess. If I were a princess, I’d be like, ‘Oh Read more →
“Honestly, without hesitation, it is the greatest honor, I mean, way above and beyond the lifetime achievement award, beyond anything. It’s like, to be immortalized on South Park, I can die a happy man.” Jacobs plans to commemorate this milestone. That’ll be my next tattoo, the Muscle Man Marc from South Park.” – Marc Jacobs Read more →
“Oh please, stop. I’m not a marriage counselor.” –Vera Wang to WWD, when teased about her brand’s involvement in Kim Kardashian’s doomed wedding.
“I mean, the funny thing is I always wanted to get dressed for Halloween…[but] I’m not very good at getting dressed up. I’m going out with a friend, I’m sort of taking it easy…I just feel terribly grateful for a lot of things. Just understanding what’s happening in the world. Lots of different elements, they’re Read more →
At Fashion Group International’s Annual Night of Stars Gala last night we caught up with New York Times fashion scribe Cathy Horyn, who was there to present Jil Sander’s Raf Simons with an award. She recently doled out some advice for aspiring fashion writers in a video on Nowness.com, stressing the importance of reporting over getting into fashion shows. Her advice for bloggers specifically?
“I think it’s about bringing something fresh and different to a blog, that’s not really about criticism or opinion. News is good because it’s something you have that nobody else has. If you can be truthful about it, without being shady about the sourcing, then I think it’s good.”
“Now when I walk down Fifth Avenue in the summertime I just want to throw up. It seems that the fatter and uglier people are, the fewer clothes they wear. The shorts and flip-flops and tight jeans on butts that go from here to Poughkeepsie.” She shudders. “I always say they should put people in jail for wearing clothes like that. Especially stretch jeans over size 10–they should be outlawed. Ten years ago people were starting to look like slobs in New York, now it’s an epidemic.”
My day-to-day wardrobe choices are very practical. I’m like, ‘What’s the temperature?’ ‘Am I going to be sitting in the grass?’ ‘Will I be playing with kids?’ ‘Can I sit on the floor?’ If I bend over [I'm] worrying about that … embarrassing shot.
