"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)

"I dyed my hair black because Katie Grand asked me to for a shoot, but I kept it because I felt like a rock star."

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"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)

"Raf’s so shy. Sometimes I don’t think he realizes how good he is."

Donatella Versace (About Raf Simons )

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

Alexander McQueen  (via the-front-row)

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

Donatella Versace (About her brother Gianni.)

"I love designing individual things. But creating that entire world, the world you just saw, the world I will hopefully be lucky enough to continue to create, that’s what really fascinated me."

Tom Ford (via the-front-row)