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Fabrics and lining make a big difference in the garment. If you're buying an expensive trench coat, and it's lined in something cheap, it doesn't feel as nice. -- Christian Siriano
I love playing around with vintage fabrics and lace. -- Helena Christensen
Men may die, but the fabrics of free institutions remains unshaken. -- Chester A. Arthur
Men are definitely getting more avant-garde, experimenting with colours, patterns and fabrics. -- Jasmine Guinness
I travel a lot, and I hunt for fabrics, then I have the tailor make me something. -- Waris Ahluwalia
I liked masculine fabrics: Prince of Wales checks, city pinstripes, and flannels - worn with black tights, flattish shoes. -- Mary Quant
My job ranges from creating the initial overall theme of the season, to developing fabrics and sketching to sampling and fitting. -- Nicole Richie
What people respond to in my room makeovers is the daring design - fearless colors, bold fabrics and occasionally outlandish decor. -- Douglas Wilson
During the summertime, I really like to dress like a gypsy. I love that whole lifestyle and the whole mixing of fabrics and flowy materials. -- Jennifer Stone
Over the years, I've learned that you can have fun with the fabrics and other elements, but if it's not tailored right, you'll blow it. -- James Marsden
I saw a lot of haute couture all my childhood, and without knowing it I've learned from when I was a child to recognise beautiful fabrics. -- Ines de La Fressange
I like the idea of paradox, between the authentic fabrics and sophisticated shapes and between masculine and feminine. I'm not so much for sportswear. I think it's over. -- Hedi Slimane
I am always trying to find fabrics that are more friendly to the environment - working with Virgin Atlantic, they managed to research into this and find more eco fabrics. -- Vivienne Westwood
Fashion does seem to have a '20s comeback every few seasons, and I completely see why. It's a very feminine look: the fabrics and the shapes are very pretty and distinctive. -- Joanne Froggatt
I'm just a normal person. It's not like I come home and think about opera. My thoughts are about completely other things. Shoes! Dresses! Expensive ones: with a pretty silhouette, beautiful fabrics. -- Anna Netrebko
I was trying to write an autobiography using prints and patterns that reference emotional, psychological, and personal development in my work, as a person growing up, figuring out who I was. I used fabrics to stand in for occurrences. -- Jim Hodges
Sleep is one of the great pleasures of life. Designing my bed linen line seemed like a natural progression for me. Everyone loves getting into a bed made up with beautiful linen. I love sewing, I love fabrics, and I love sleeping. -- Twiggy
I grew up in the age of polyester. When I got to touch real silk, cotton and velvet, the feel of nonsynthetic fabrics blew me away. I know it's important how clothing looks, but it's equally important how it feels on your skin. -- Colleen Atwood
Even one's own home is a kind of anthology of advertisers, manufacturers, motifs and presentation techniques. There's nothing 'natural' about one's home these days. The furnishings, the fabrics, the furniture, the appliances, the TV, and all the electronic equipment - we're living inside commercials. -- J. G. Ballard
I'm quite tactile, so I like fabrics that feel good. I try to avoid fabrics that crease - especially with my son. When you have a child, that's important. A great pair of a jeans, a t-shirt and some loafers, that's what I always wear. -- Miranda Kerr
Design is a series of creative choices - it's a collaborative effort, an evolutionary process. You choose your fabrics depending upon what you want to say, then you work with mills to get those fabrics. Through the process, you realize what you want it to be. -- Marc Jacobs
I have always appreciated designers who dare to reinterpret fabrics and proportions, so I follow the Japanese and Belgian designers. The pieces are so animated. When they lie still, they are one thing, but once you stand them up or wear them, they become something else. -- Zaha Hadid
I am lucky because I can - and I like to - mix the beautiful Caraceni jackets I inherited from my grandfather with a pair of Tsubi jeans or wear a favorite pin-striped suit from him for more formal occasions. I'm crazy about pinstripes and vintage fifties fabrics. -- Lapo Elkann
I've designed since I was 12. The first was when I skated to Carmen, in red and gold and black. I wanted so many frills at that time. It had a lot going on for a little person like me. And I picked out fabrics that didn't stretch. Very uncomfortable. -- Sasha Cohen
Tiles, the best furniture, fabrics, bath fixtures, bronze - just leaf through any design magazine and you immediately understand they're all 'Made in Italy.' We have the premier opera house in the world, La Scala, and behind the Nobel given to CERN is the research of many Italians. -- Lapo Elkann
There are similarities between being an editor and a tailor. Tailors have a vast supply of fabrics, buttons and thread at their disposal and put it together to make a whole. That's what an editor does - looks at society at a given time and pulls together the interesting aspects into a single issue each month. -- Graydon Carter
Voluptuous and enveloping like layers of precious fabrics -- Elie Saab
fabrics doesn't make exquisite dresses, it is the stitches. -- Treasure Stitches
Commerce is the great civilizer. We exchange ideas when we exchange fabrics. -- Robert Green Ingersoll
Creative minds are uneven, and the best of fabrics have their dull spots. -- H. P. Lovecraft
My label is largely about fabrics; print is definitely not my point of difference! -- Roksanda Ilincic
Americans believe cotton is best, but we've invented new fabrics that will change your lifestyle. -- Tadashi Yanai
Greatness does not lie in the fabrics of your words but in the strength of your impact -- Ikechukwu Izuakor
I am constantly looking to push boundaries with materials, bring in new weights, and work in fabrics unexpectedly. -- Roksanda Ilincic
I've been really into boyfriend blazers, I like mixing tweeds with floral fabrics. The masculine and feminine look. -- Milla Jovovich
As a designer, I like to work with fabrics that don't bleed; that's why I avoid all animal skins. -- Stella McCartney
Fashion always was a huge interest of mine. I love beautiful clothes. I appreciate fine beading and lovely fabrics. -- Sasha Cohen
Men's fashion has a certain heaviness in the fabrics and construction. But also there is a heaviness in the mentality. -- Hedi Slimane
Technology is making design more exciting, with color, wallpaper, textures, fabrics that could never have been created without the technology. -- David Bromstad
Thou Art Humanity: all created by one origin, Adam and Eve___ noble fabrics of this glorious life and its wondrous weave. -- Jamil Hussain
In designing my bridal collections, I love mixing luxe fabrics, which give the most beautiful texture and dimension to my creations. -- Reem Acra
You can go on Nike's website and choose exactly what fabrics and colours and shapes you want your sneakers to come in. -- Spike Jonze
I love Japanese design and fabrics. I also love people who make clothes for mass consumption but do it well and cleverly. -- Susan Orlean
My collections are a reflection of my personal style and interests. All the textiles, fabrics and patterns are of my personal choice. -- Ashley Purdy
The stream of Time, which is continually washing the dissoluble fabrics of other poets, passes without injury by the adamant of Shakespeare. -- Samuel Johnson
Because I'm so hands on here at work and always looking at fabrics you have to be mobile and as comfortable as possible. -- Narciso Rodriguez
I tend to gravitate towards neutrals in my home but also love finding interesting fabrics or pieces that add a pop of color. -- Karlie Kloss
My dream is to be a doctor. I'm almost working in a laboratory, because I'm trying new techniques, new directions and fabrics, new weaving. -- Alber Elbaz
Long necks. The thrust of the head in a certain position. The way the fingers work, fabrics work. It's all part of my painting background. -- Lillian Bassman
My summer time tip is to wear shorts and light shirts; everything in summery fabrics such as linen and cotton. And don't think about work. -- Domenico Dolce
Uniqlo as a company has always developed new fabrics and is always trying to be innovative. The design is simple, so the fabric is important. -- Nicola Formichetti
I wear things that kind of can look good for extended periods of time - fabrics that don't wrinkle, things that don't stain very easily. -- Rachel Zoe
When a man's suit fits, when the construction is beautiful, when the sewing and fabrics are there... in the end, you'll look the best in it. -- John Varvatos
I'm trying to build a brand, so I can sell Keyshawn Johnson products in stores. You know, paint, rugs, carpet, drapery, fabrics, blankets, towels, hardware, plates. -- Keyshawn Johnson
The couture client wants the latest things, but she wants the clothes to be super-special - the fabrics won't even touch or go near anything like prÃªt-Ã -porter. -- Riccardo Tisci
Indian women love to dress up like princesses. In India, people still go to the market to buy fabrics, garments are made-to-order, and friends come with you to the fittings. -- Sonam Kapoor
At its best, flattery is truth well dressed, and it is best dressed with fine see-through fabrics. Honest flattery can caress a lover, cover up a gaffe, and muffle aggression. -- Willis Regier
Fashion does seem to have a 20s comeback every few seasons, and I completely see why. Its a very feminine look: the fabrics and the shapes are very pretty and distinctive. -- Joanne Froggatt
Egotism is a kind of buckram that gives momentary strength and concentration to men, and seems to be much used in Nature for fabrics in which local and spasmodic energy is required. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Im just a normal person. Its not like I come home and think about opera. My thoughts are about completely other things. Shoes! Dresses! Expensive ones: with a pretty silhouette, beautiful fabrics. -- Anna Netrebko
Growing up in Beirut, I used to go to the souks with my mother to buy fabrics... I understood fashion at an early age, and my first designs were when I was five. -- Reem Acra
I realised that since I was a child I wanted to be an actress just to dress up in big fabrics and corsets and have adventures riding horses with lots of blood and action! -- Clemence Poesy
I'm always surprised that people make such a fuss about Italian tailoring and French design houses. I think traditional British tailoring for men is so good. Everything's the right cut, the fabrics are good. -- Sean Lennon
I started to work with cotton fabrics. I used cotton because it's easy to work with, to wash, to take care of, to wear if it's warm or cold. It's great. That was the start. -- Issey Miyake

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