"Couture is insane, contradictory, unpredictable, and most importantly, I can’t control it."

 Christian Lacroix (via the-front-row)

"Fashion keeps evolving, and the people change all the time, and that’s what I think is remarkable and great."

Grace Coddington (via the-front-row)

"My desire is to have the history and future together, by making a more modern and historical dress and fusing them together."

Raf Simons (via the-front-row)

"Fashion is like a party. Getting dressed is preparing to play a role"

Yves Saint Laurent (via the-front-row)

the-front-row:

Hussein Chalayan fall/winter 2003

"I want to make it more dynamic, appeal to a person who has a different energy,” A younger person, in mind, not necessarily in age. And I think couture is very much about curating something unique for women. Fashion is so mass-produced now; I hope there will come a refocus on how people see couture. And I would also hope for a new focus on the craft… . It’s mind-blowing when you start investigating what is done here. But I want to approach it with a new energy. I’m interested to see how people will pick up on it."

Raf Simons (About his first couture collection for Dior)

"Beauty is an image that combines opposing or unusual aesthetics"

Alexander McQueen  (via the-front-row)

the-front-row:

Lily Donaldson wearing Mary Katrantzou spring/summer 2012 in Vogue Russia July 2012 by Richard Burbridge

"He was the genius and I was only ever the accessory"

Donatella Versace (About her brother Gianni.)

the-front-row:

Christian Dior couture spring/summer 2010