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" 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. "

Zac Posen

Luck

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History

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" I think, mind over body, it's real. "

" 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. "

" People who devote themselves to a life of style are admirable. "

" The way I cut my clothing... it is about empowerment and loving the curves of the body. "

" I'm interested in the opportunity that people can self-create using social media and the online dialogue. Before social media, you needed to have a lot of personal funds to break through to hire the right people and build a presence to start a line. It gives the opportunity and platform for people to be discovered. "

" I want to make things of quality. I'm a big believer in handmade, tactile, crafted pieces. I want to keep that tradition alive. "

" I went through the workroom at Central Saint Martins in London, which is the most competitive workroom of a design school in the world. Very high creativity, very conceptual, very international, age-diverse and cutthroat - people who have master degrees reapplying into a foundation there is just wild to me to launch their careers. "

Zac Posen

People

Creativity

" I don't believe in one ideal beauty. "

" I don't wear flip-flops, so my casual shoe is a Brooks Brothers tuxedo slipper! "

" To me, being in fashion is about your work, not about facilitating a lifestyle. "

" I'm a pretty controlled and disciplined person, but my real vice is buying plants and food shopping. "

" Some of the best kitchen discoveries come about through total kitchen disasters. "

" I am totally unattached to material items. "

" For me, I'll unwind at the end of the day by soaking in Epsom salts. It's the routine I prefer for coming down after crazy days. "

" As a designer, I always want to put out to a larger public. I truly believe that all bodies are beautiful, and that's what makes our world exciting. "

" I eat everything, but I moderate; I try to be semiconscious. I don't eat pasta every day, although people who follow my Instagram think I do. "

" 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. "

Zac Posen

Parents

Celebration

" I am a Florenz Ziegfeld fanatic. "

Zac Posen

Fanatic

I Am

" I was very interested in theatre, so my first love of fashion comes from costume, and I think that's pretty clear within my work and the level of theatricality. "

" 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. "

" When you make and drape clothing, the scissors are your tool. What can I say about them? They're my babies. And you have to take care of them correctly. You have to have them sharpened, and you can't use them for any other material. "

" The biggest thing politically within fashion is that the clothing should be displayed on different body shapes. "

" At the end of the day, you can't compete with Mother Nature. If you've got a great tomato, just a pinch of sea salt is all you need. "

" The practice of patience in crafting and process is a virtue that needs to come back. "

" There's something very old-fashioned and luxurious to have a pair of pants and jacket made to your needs and measurements. "

" I truly believe that you can't be a successful business unless there are hiccups. That American mentality of picking yourself up, brushing your shoulders off, and then really going for it makes you 100 times stronger and smarter. "

" I believe that creativity is an important human experience and element in the same way as sleeping, eating, having sex. "