“I am a complete alcoholic. It used to be so easy to say to someone, ‘Get me a bottle of vodka,’ and they’d run and get it. Going to rehab was the best decision I ever made. The last six months have been the best of my life.” —Lara Stone to Vogue UK (via Fashionologie) We’re happy she’s so happy.

“I’m a very brave woman. I’m not going to be scared and no one’s going to judge me.” —Sonya Battla, the first designer to show in this season’s Fashion Pakistan, an event that’s been delayed three weeks due to militant Taliban attacks. Rock on, Sonya.

“Just because I’ve become spiritual doesn’t mean I can’t love crocodile.” —Tom Ford gets serious in W.

“If a YSL Tribute boot dropped acid at Woodstock and got knocked up by a cowboy boot, then maybe their offspring would look something like this.” — Seventeen-year-old Jane Aldridge describes her new vintage boots on her blog, Sea of Shoes.

“I dress just like Serena! I own half her wardrobe.” — Blake Lively in Nylon, while we relish how un-Serena-like she looks on the cover.

“Ernest is not someone I’m constantly thinking about. In fact, I might like his friend F. Scott Fitzgerald a little bit more.” - Dree Hemingway in the new V, and yet it wasn’t Dree Crisman who landed that Givenchy runway.

“Barneys has a 400 person-long waiting list for the [new version of the] Rocco bag already. We had three samples when we first came up with it a couple of seasons ago, decided off-hand to send one to Mary-Kate, and it’s just crazy. We had retailers calling about it before it even hit the runway the first time around [for Fall 2009].” —Alexander Wang to Fashionologie on the crazy demand for his Rocco bag. We suggest trying his website on November 1st!

“Maybe. I never say never.” —Gwyneth Paltrow when asked if she would ever take up designing. We are fairly (well, totally) impartial when it comes to GP, so we say, totally go for it.

“I’m already organizing staff who will continue my work. Of course I am not eternal, there comes a time when you must hand it over.” —Giorgio Armani on his employment future to Reuters via The Cut.

“I don’t want to stand next to a 20-year-old on the runway, even if people say you can still do it. It is like, ‘Why would I do that to myself?’ It would just make me depressed.” —Cindy Crawford tells StyleList why she quit the catwalk.

“Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I didn’t expect everyone to be completely loving the collection. It is the same with everything I have done. I knew that people were going to target me. I am a target. I don’t know why I am, but I am, and I accept that. I just don’t pay attention to it.”—Lindsay Lohan to the Sunday Times. Really, Lindsay, you don’t know by now? C’mon.

“My father…was not stingy but he hated unnecessary expense but clothes he saw as the exception—he was of a different generation—if you were well dressed, half of the job was done. So I was told, be well dressed and doors will open.” —Karl Lagerfeld tells i-D Magazine. He also mentions that he liked to change his clothes after his “siestas” as a child, which is pretty darn cute.

“It’s really belittling of the customer to think that anyone from a different price bracket deserves anything less.” —Stella McCartney on her cute designs for Gap Kids in the New York Times. We know what our friends’ little ones are getting for Christmas and Hanukkah this year.

“It’s their [designers] 15 minutes of fame: pure, self-indulgent theatre. How many girls were there this year in horns or neck braces with bare breasts? It wouldn’t matter if they didn’t take it all so seriously, but the fashion world is a dangerous, superficial and fickle place.” —Sir Paul Smith on his wish that fashion shows would die out completely, even knowing how disappointed many a designer would be.

“Carlos, we all have to do our bit, however small. So if you love fashion, be proud of the fact and show people how it improves your life and self-esteem. Maybe they will then understand what it can do. Otherwise, maybe I just need to come to Omaha…”—Donatella Versace answering Carlos from Omaha’s question about how to interest people in fashion because it’s sorta taboo where he lives. Donatella, we would very much like to accompany you on a trip to Nebraska and record every single moment, just so you know.

“The fatter the general population, the thinner the idealized woman. And for all the public posturing and blogging, the only force that stopped people from buying clothes and magazines was the souring economy, not righteous indignation over skinny models. Fashion doesn’t just reject the overweight and the obese. It also gives the average a hard time, too; it makes them worry about every cookie eaten at the end of a meal or every exercise commitment that goes unmet. Fashion is a purveyor of status. It is a badge of honor for having outrun, outfasted saddlebags — unless they are floral-printed and made by Dolce & Gabbana. Those who can indulge in fashion feel their prize is that much more valuable.” —Robin Givhan in an article on why it shouldn’t be surprising that thin is still in in the fashion industry.

“For over 42 years we have built a brand based on quality and integrity. After further investigation, we have learned that we are responsible for the poor imaging and retouching that resulted in a very distorted image of a woman’s body. We have addressed the problem and going forward will take every precaution to ensure that the caliber of our artwork represents our brand appropriately.” —a statement issued by Ralph Lauren about the ad we’re all discussing.

“I am going back to Paris for the next collection. I am learning. It’s in January. I thought it was in March.” —Lindsay Lohan’s Ungaro learning curve.

“They fired me because they said I was overweight and I couldn’t fit in their clothes anymore…I was shocked to see that super skinny girl with my face. It’s very sad, I think, that Ralph Lauren could do something like that.” —Model Filippa Hamilton on the Ralph Lauren ad/Photoshop debacle in the Huffington Post.

“I’ve always been known for my scent, if it was in high school, or in the lifeguard truck (‘Where can I get that scent for my wife?’)…I’ve been offered fragrance contracts like everyone else and their dog (hey, that’s that good idea, all natural, of course) but all the elements never came together—the stamp of approval from PETA; the environmental aspects. (I was a bit ahead of my time). But now it works!” —Apparent scent guru Pamela Anderson to Allure on her new perfumes, Malibu and Malibu Nights. We’re gonna go ahead and stick with Daphne Guinness.