Quotes about High Fashion

I personally love sportswear, and love using it in high fashion. Votes: 6

Fashion is about owning whatever you're wearing, regardless of if it's a high fashion statement or not. Votes: 6

Heading to Paris when I was 17 and modelling exposed me to high fashion, which influenced me to dress on-trend - not extravagantly, but always in fashion. Votes: 6

I don't like the collusion between high fashion design and high street. You have to know where you stand. I belong to luxury fashion. That's what I've always felt and embraced. I like the best quality, the best fabrics and the most creative field in fashion. I will stay consistent. I belong to this world. Votes: 6

I am more vintage than I am high fashion. Votes: 4

I am more vintage than I am high fashion. Votes: 4

I'm ghetto chic, I'm where the hood and high fashion meet Votes: 4

An appreciation for high fashion does not preclude possession of common sense. Votes: 4

Abstract art: a construction site for high fashion, for advertising, for furniture. Votes: 4

My mom won't let me buy high-fashion stuff unless it's TK Maxx or a birthday occasion. Votes: 4

I've always enjoyed fashion and dressing up for things, whether it's high fashion or play fashion. Votes: 4

high fashion has little to do with what women wear and a lot to do with what retailers mark down later. Votes: 4

I did a lot of modeling in the U.K. A lot of it wasn't high fashion because I don't have the body or the face for high fashion modeling. I did a lot of sportswear, swimwear, and beachwear. Votes: 4

The fashion I've acquired over the years is so sacred to me - from costumes to couture, high fashion to punk wear I've collected from my secret international hot spots. I keep everything in an enormous archive in Hollywood. Votes: 4

I hate high fashion. I hate that we reward people for being genetic freaks. You hear the guys announcing the runway shows saying, 'A pretty face is your best asset this season.' And what? Ugly girls had a free ride last year? Votes: 4

Everybody's talking about the new democratic world and whether high fashion is relevant. But without high there is no low. I don't like to intellectualize. I've always said fashion is like roast chicken: You don't have to think about it to know it's delicious. Votes: 4

I know some people say that high fashion should not be worn at synagogue. I, on the other hand, think that it is of the utmost importance that the Goldbergs from down the street see you in the new Chanel Fall 2010 Yom Kippur line. Votes: 4

I never had worked in high fashion before, had never experienced it when I was a model before. I appreciate it, being able to work with such talented people; it feels like a gift now. I think for everyone everything happens at the right time, and this is my time. Votes: 4

I'm going to be a fashion icon in a minute. I'm not going to do it in a corny manner. I have a voice that speaks for a whole other market - not just black people, but high fashion urban people. I mix street wear with high fashion. It's never been seen before. Votes: 4

I find my dress sense tends to be a bit of a mixture between high fashion and unique vintage pieces with a little bit of street trends. For example, I might find a really nice, suede dinner jacket that I'd wear with a basic plain white shirt and some chinos and a pair of Nike trainers. Votes: 4

Even if you're starting from scratch and buying a new wardrobe, preppy clothes are very fairly priced compared to high fashion. They're very easy to absorb into your wardrobe. You probably already have stuff you can wear and there's a safety factor. You're dressed for success, in a way, if you look like you grew up with success. Votes: 4

Cole Haan is like high fashion Nike, so you feel like you're wearing Nike shoes, but you're wearing heels. Every time I'm on a red carpet, I always either wear Cole Haan or Stuart Weitzman. You end up having to walk around all night in these heels and you want to be comfortable and not look like you're in pain. It definitely shows in pictures. Votes: 4

I'm gonna do clothes, but stuff that kids can afford. I want to get into the high fashion world very soon, but the stuff I want to start out with is the small stuff, for the kids, that anybody can afford the Nikes, or the Jordans, Or let's say they can't afford the big brand name clothes, so I would make a lower end line but still high-quality. Votes: 4

No amount of high fashion can make up for a lifetime of poor posture. Votes: 3

To do high fashion, you have to go into a little bit of a higher price point. Votes: 3

Social ascendency, innocently disguised as high fashion, good taste or prestigious expenditure, was the same the world over. Votes: 3

Living in New York, I get inspired by what young women are wearing - everything from high fashion to street fashion. Votes: 3

Working with Moschino, a real high fashion Italian brand, maybe I'm under tighter deadlines, but sometimes under tight deadlines you do your best work. Votes: 3

I'm not the girl for super high fashion because I don't have the right body. When I want to get dressed up, I'm a Roberto Cavalli girl. Votes: 3

Alexander Wang is a young designer, and his style is so profound. He took sports and street and kind of combined it into upscale high fashion. He made a white T-shirt a luxury. Votes: 3

I just like streetwear. I've always been a fan of Saint Laurent because I like how their jeans fit on me, but as far as high fashion, I don't wear too much high fashion. Votes: 3

This is an industry [high fashion] that has an abundance of over-confidence. I don't think anyone would dispute that, and I'm not trying to pick on anybody, but that's just a fact, right? And sometimes that's fun. Votes: 3

I like comfortable clothes. Most men in the world wear T-shirts every day and jeans. I wanted to always put my street style to the high fashion looks and just make it comfortable and make it look stylish. Votes: 3

In my job, I am portrayed as a misfit, a grandiose high fashion lady or an unearthly creature. At home, it's important I can look in the mirror, strip away the disguise and be comfortable with who stares back. Votes: 3

Thierry Mugler is about the power of glamour and walking straight into the future. He's been a god for successive generations in the fashion industry. He fused pop and high fashion, told a story in style and combined fantasy with reality. Votes: 3

When I moved to New York, obviously I work with a lot of high fashion brands and I get to wear insane, totally crazy bags and all this crazy stuff but still, I'll always go back to my original sense of style. Votes: 3

Women are the only 'oppressed' group that is able to buy most of the $10 billion worth of cosmetics each year; the only oppressed group that spends more on high fashion, brand-name clothing than its oppressors; the only oppressed group that watches more TV. Votes: 3

I hate the terminology of "costume" because my clothes are not costumes at all. I think they're high fashion, avant-garde, and more couture, definitely, and yes, some of my pieces are not particularly wearable, but I wouldn't say they're costumes, I'd say they're more couture. Votes: 3

I hate the terminology of 'costume' because my clothes are not costumes at all. I think they're high fashion, avant-garde, and more couture, definitely, and yes, some of my pieces are not particularly wearable, but I wouldn't say they're costumes, I'd say they're more couture. Votes: 3

That's what I tried to create, even though they are new pieces. I wanted them to feel like very special pieces that you can hold on to for a long time. I didn't want them to be too high fashion, I wanted them to be more timeless. Votes: 3

In high fashion, we're always accused of doing things that are not very relevant, not the real world. I know that it's important sometimes to do fantasy, but I felt like touching people and going back to different women and men, especially the idea of different ages and body shapes. Votes: 3

I think my style is quite grungy and punky. I love the '90s and the music from that time, and I love punk music. I'm also a fan of mixing vintage with some high fashion, which links back to my musical taste because I tend to mix old music with newer songs. Votes: 3

With high fashion, it's a performance. You're trying to interpret a fantasy in a very physical way, and you really are playing a character. I've played men, dead people, famous people, historical icons, and it's no mean feat. It's quite an insular experience even though the crowd is in front of you and there's an expectation. Votes: 3

I've worn a lot of humdingers in my time, but as a model it's my duty - my responsibility - to bring life to any garment. That can be challenging when it comes to high fashion, where the creations can be very eccentric, but I've gained a reputation for being the go-to girl who can pull it off. Votes: 3

I don't do 'Image' magazine or high-fashion shows. Votes: 2

I want to make Grimes a high-fashion sci-fi act. Votes: 2

I have no interest whatsoever in being a high-fashion model, nor is it possible Votes: 2

I have no interest whatsoever in being a high-fashion model, nor is it possible. Votes: 2

I'm merely a fan of fashion from high end to streetwear, from Nike to Comme des Garcons. Votes: 2

High fashion has the shelf life of potato salad. And when past its prime, it is similarly deadly. Votes: 2

High school is the time to find yourself and to explore with fashion and create your own identity. Votes: 2

I could pose in fashion commercials as a high society star but politics is a new way of life. Votes: 2

I got to the point where I was sick of fashion again, like I was at the end of high school. Votes: 2

This is the kind of fashion I grew up on - a good pair of trainers, great denim - and I will always love high-end streetwear. Votes: 2

In high school I had some famously egregious fashion missteps. I was really out there in fashion, I think because I wanted attention. I would wear crazy patterns, skin-tight pants and giant platform shoes. Votes: 2

I'm a real Londoner. We have very grey weather in London, and I think it encourages a very eclectic and crazy fashion sense. I mix high-street stuff with more high-end fashion, and I love vintage. Votes: 2

I like to go to places with my high-fashion things where there are a lot of cameras. So I can just go there and be like, 'Yep, yep, I'm looking so sick.' But in my regular life, I put on clothes that I can climb trees in. Votes: 2

It's all about setting new goals. I reached one goal when I got the Sports Illustrated cover, which was such a surprise to me. Then after that I had a meeting with my agency who asked, "What do you want to do next?" I'd love to do more TV, I want to do more editorials, more high-fashion stuff. It's like picking it all and doing it. Votes: 2

When it comes to fashion or any high art, you have to have a combination of delicacy, along with taste. Votes: 0

I'm getting more into fashion. I'm surprised that I'm getting into it because I was always wearing goofy stuff in high school. Votes: 0

By selling directly to customers, real women, the brand is able to avoid significant retail mark-ups that typically exist in high end fashion. Votes: 0

Italy is famous for fashion, food, Ferrari, and furniture - furniture was a segment where the companies in the high end are all small. Votes: 0

Never in the history of fashion has so little material been raised so high to reveal so much that needs to be covered so badly. Votes: 0

I like individuality in fashion - it annoys me when celebrities put on a bodycon dress and a pair of high heels and suddenly they are 'style icons.' Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0