Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" The day I feel my clothes are no longer relevant, I will be happy to step down. "

Related Quotes:

" Men like clothes they can wear to work and afterwards. They don't want things to be complicated. "

" My dream home would be a fishing lodge in New Zealand. "

" I always challenge myself to do something better, and people in the industry appreciate that. "

" I am trained as a fashion designer and do not claim to be an expert architect or anything like that. I won't do something unless I know I can do it. "

" It is hard to have a fashion business in any country, but even more difficult in Ireland. "

" I think, as a designer, what you have to do is challenge yourself to do what you do, but better. "

" If you ask me where do I belong, it would be somewhere in the Irish Sea almost - born in Hong Kong, Chinese mother, Portuguese father from Macao, lived in Europe most of my life. "

" One thing I learned from all my years in business is you really have to work with the experts: you can launch something yourself, but unless you have the expertise and the marketing strategies and machinery behind you, you'll never be successful. "

" It was a very, very happy childhood, but I always knew I wanted to see the world. "

" I turned my hand to costume design a few years ago when I created the outfits for 'This Is the Sea,' with Richard Harris and Samantha Morton. It's a very different discipline to being a fashion designer, though - you have to rein in your own vision and work to a tight brief. "

" I don't want to be an elitist designer. It's no fun just catering for a small group of people. It's against my principles. "

" We have achieved tremendous success in Ireland and internationally on the strength of our creativity and design skills. "

" When I left college, nobody expected much of me - and nor did I. "

" My Chinese grandmother was a dressmaker, so I always enjoyed dressing up and looking cool. "

" My heritage is a huge part of everything I do; it is, after all, part of what has made me who I am. "

" I love fashion, but fashion is not my whole life. "

" Fashion is like a four-legged table: you need a good designer, a very good business manager, a good manufacturer, and a very good distributor. Without all the legs, table collapses. "

" There was the Cultural Revolution just over the border, and Hong Kong felt quite dodgy. My younger brother's wife actually swam from China to Hong Kong to escape. I realised in the '60s that I had to get out. "

" I think my love of form is especially informed by my background, whether this is creating a wonderful silhouette in a dress or finding the perfect shape for a bowl or the 'just so' angle of a table leg. "

" Beautiful fabrics last; synthetics don't. Certain fabrics, such as linen or cotton, develop their own character over time. "

" Fashion is instant - after six months, it disappears, and you have to start again. That's the nature of it. "

" Dubai is a vibrant city: Big cars, big buildings... it reminds me of my home town, Hong Kong. People are always on the move here, and there's a lot going on. There are some wonderful architecture and some not-so-wonderful. "

" To create a beautiful thing with unlimited money is easy! "

" I went from fashion to glass in 1995, and I'm very interested in architecture. "

" As a heterosexual designer, it is really, really important to have a woman's point of view. "

" I will never see myself as a businessman. I'm a designer. I have to be true to what I believe. "

" It might be a selfish choice, but I find it quite difficult to design for individuals and prefer the distance of larger schemes. It's the same reason why, as a designer, I don't do wedding dresses. "

" I'm a British designer, and it's great to show on your own ground. "

" I love white walls because white reflects the light and is a great backdrop for art. "

" I like to create a simple space and surround myself with things that I like to look at. "