Fashion Quotes and Musings

Here are some interesting quotes on and from the sustainable fashion industry ... except for Gilda's which is a fun quote from a marvelously talented and missed performer. 

Enjoy.

“I base most of my fashion taste on what doesn’t itch.”

Gilda Radner
1946 - 1989

“I think about the suffering that may have come with them and it makes we want to shy away.”
On why she doesn’t where diamonds

R&B singer Alicia Keys
Winner of nine Grammys including best new artist in 2001

“The most important thing to remember is that you can wear all the greatest clothes and all the greatest shoes, but you’ve got to have a good spirit on the inside. That’s what’s really going to make you look like you’re ready to rock the world.”

Alicia Keys

“I want to prove to the industry that there’s a viable alternative financial model the world can benefit from. The effect of the clothing industry has more impact on climate change than if the entire world signed the Kyoto Agreement. “

“It’s got to be fashion and not what people perceive as ‘organic fashion’ – those hippie, oatmeal type of clothes – they have to be gorgeous clothes. Otherwise, no one would buy them.”

“The fashion industry tends to attract people with serious personality defects. They just want to be rich and famous. But at some point you have to decide: Are you going to mindlessly go the easy way or are you going to go the ethical way?”

Katharine Hamnett
English Fashion Designer
Committed to ethically and environmentally sustainable fashions
Recipient of British Designer Of The Year Award

“I design to hit people at a gut level; to capture the soul and raw beauty of people and nature. The garments in my fall collection inherently bring up our universal connectedness and our responsibility to take care of each other and the earth. This collection is about the hope in the world and the 'we are all one' spirit.”
Speaking about her Fall '05 luxury eco Collection

Linda Loudermilk
Eco-fashion designer of Haute Couture

“Will it be sustainable, durable behavior that will last, or is it just something trendy right now? For me, it’s still too early to answer that question.”
Speaking about consumer motivations and the trend of ethical consumerism, especially in the fashion industry,

Thomas Busuttil
Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at PPR,
The retail and luxury goods company which owns Gucci group, Yves Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Alexander McQueen, Stella McCartney and the Balenciaga brands

“Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury."

Coco Chanel

"I want to do my best to take care of the planet by designing with recycled and eco-friendly materials. I think we all have to start with what we know because it can seem like a daunting task since I feel the world is in crisis. I design clothing, so I figured I'd start there."

"Instead of getting a bolt of fabric that anyone down the block could buy, using recycled materials creates a more individual look."

"Because I work with vintage fabrics a lot, I buy what appeals to me personally and the colors in the fabrics make the color palette…I also feel that women look better in color than in too much black; pinks, peaches, corals add more life to your face."

Deborah Lindquist
L.A. eco-designer who frequently uses recycled materials

“When in doubt, wear red."

Bill Blass

“I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it."

Mae West