off the cuff

Pierre Berge

It's over. Fashion designers don't understand that, or maybe they don't want to.
by It's over. Fashion designers don't understand that, or maybe they don't want to. Long evening dresses with pearl and sequins — for who, for where, for what? I dare say I prefer Zara, H&M and Banana Republic. That's serving women and it's cheap.
Tom Ford

I’m thinking satin, I’m thinking slashed to the crotch, I’m thinking.
by I’m thinking satin, I’m thinking slashed to the crotch, I’m thinking. . . who the f*ck ordered these danish pastries? You know I don’t do carbs on non-leap years. Fire them! Fire them all!
christopher kane

It takes a certain kind of lesbian to wear high-waisted jeans.
by It takes a certain kind of lesbian to wear high-waisted jeans. No, I'm serious — all the girls I see wearing them turn out to be gay!
Harper's Bazaar

At some point Bill said to me, "You've got to go to Paris.
by At some point Bill said to me, "You've got to go to Paris. Every kid your age who wants to do something in fashion has to go to Paris." So I went to live in Paris for nine months, and I would run into Bill at the shows. He would help me sneak into shows by giving me his invitations. Once, as I was leaving a show, I felt something in my pocket. It was a $50 bill. He had slipped it into my pocket.
Yves Saint Laurent

Maybe the next trend is stay the same.
by Maybe the next trend is stay the same. Yves Saint Laurent did essentially the same collection for eight seasons in a row. I like that idea. I think, on some level, we could all use a break.
Maison Martin Margiela

Nice to see you, you look 20 years younger.
by Nice to see you, you look 20 years younger. Are you still b*tchy? The b*tchiest b*tch of them all? The b*tchiest b*tch of all the b*tches?
Balenciaga

Under him, the company invested cannily in young designers, including Nicolas Ghesquière at Balenciaga, Stella McCartney and Alexander McQueen.
by Under him, the company invested cannily in young designers, including Nicolas Ghesquière at Balenciaga, Stella McCartney and Alexander McQueen. Though Ford insists he takes "absolutely no credit" for the success those three have had since, Ghesquière nearly welled up when I asked about Ford and said the designer "taught me everything".
Suzy Menkes

As the dramas unfold with each news bulletin, the international fashion season is looking like a metaphor for the state of the world: models on super-high heels tumbling in tandem with the markets; perforated materials to signal holes in the economy; some designers carrying on blithely as if nothing is happening; others trying to build a new geometry in aging edifices.
by As the dramas unfold with each news bulletin, the international fashion season is looking like a metaphor for the state of the world: models on super-high heels tumbling in tandem with the markets; perforated materials to signal holes in the economy; some designers carrying on blithely as if nothing is happening; others trying to build a new geometry in aging edifices.
the modelizer

I asked Arlenis if she ate anything that day and she said she already had a breakfast of yogurt, granola and fruit.
by I asked Arlenis if she ate anything that day and she said she already had a breakfast of yogurt, granola and fruit. And a lunch of a salad and a kiwi. She assured me this was totally true. Then I asked if she had dressing on that salad. 'I don't like dressing,' she said. I gave her a look. 'Because I can't be fat. I do like it. But I don't want any.'
Lily Donaldson

My private life is my private life.
by My private life is my private life. I have to keep something private. You guys know everything else.