I like films that probe emotional questions and inspire you to get creative and get writing, get draping, painting, cooking, whatever that thing is where you have that kind of output.
— Zac Posen
Chefs have the ego of an actor and fashion designer combined.
Fashion is a pay-to-play game; this is an industry. At a certain point, you must bridge a gap where you are supporting the reviewer, the publication, and that is very real.
I go online at night and I order flowers, rare flowers, and then they come in the mail. That's my fashion detox.
To be able to buy a plant and plant it, that's a luxury to me.
You can't market or commercialize feminism as an entity. One has to be careful. I aim to be about powerful women in my clothing.
If you're entering into fashion in an original way, you have to know your craft, and you have to know your history. You have to be obsessively dedicated. You have to be relentless about making it happen. It doesn't take a bank. It takes passion, love, timing, and luck.
I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors.
I love creative people.
I'm quite a tuxedo junkie, I collect them all year round.
People who devote themselves to a life of style are admirable.
I want to be a major force.
Listen, I'm not a rich kid. I'm a cultured kid; I'm very rich in culture.
The biggest thing politically within fashion is that the clothing should be displayed on different body shapes.
I don't cook ribs in my own home. I let my dad cook the ribs. He's from St. Louis, Missouri. I like to use a grill, but that's my dad's domain.
I feel very fortunate that I make everything I wear head to toe every day.
Beyond fashion, I think that culture has a side where they love to shoot you up like a clay pigeon and then take out their rifles. I lived that, and I got to see the perspective from up in the sky.
At the end of the day, you're not defined, I don't believe, by your financial means. That doesn't make you a better person or a smarter person.
I have multiple lines and am licensing multiple projects, but I am still hands-on. It feels special. I don't take it for granted.
To me, the more dialogue amongst creative types, the better. It keeps people on their toes, and competition is healthy.
To me, being in fashion is about your work, not about facilitating a lifestyle.
New York ladies all look immaculate.
There's not one major greatest influence on my career. It would be film and great artists and great imagineers - Jim Henson, Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin, people who understand the joy of the imagination.
Taking sartorial risks and not following other people is what makes you stand out.
I am a compulsive and concise shopper.
So many people are following fashion now. It's become fashion-tainment.
Fashion is killing women's body image of themselves.
As a designer, I'm not interested in trend.
I always end up in the kitchen at restaurants. At events or parties, too, I like to see where my food is prepared or made. I like the theater of it.
I try to be the best that I can be and the best to the people that work for me.
One of my fantasies is to produce 'Auntie Mame' as a play.
I'm a SoHo born-and-raised kid. So my parents dragged me to lots of museums, and for birthdays and any kind of celebration, we'd go to the theater.
I want to make things of quality. I'm a big believer in handmade, tactile, crafted pieces. I want to keep that tradition alive.
Don't worry about what's cool and what's not cool. Authenticity is what's cool.
One of my goals and dreams is to work in film in the future.
I started cooking out of middle school depression.
I have so many fashion mistakes, but that's part of being in fashion. I think the people that you see make the most mistakes are usually the best dressers.
I am totally unattached to material items.
There is no reason for me to show my collection in New York, because it's not about craft and technique there.
Everybody wants to be a star right now, to be heard, to have a voice, so you have to give the confidence for people to have that ability - and give them the wardrobe to become a star.
I don't believe in one ideal beauty.
Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life.
