#kin

If you're designing out of a purely creative place, not thinking of the girl, then the consumer's not going to take notice. ↗

— Alexander Wang

#creative #creative place #designing #girl #going

It's hard sometimes to take a step back and realize what's happened because you're always trying to move forward. You're always looking at the next palette. ↗

— Alexander Wang

#back #because #forward #happened #hard

No one ever taught me, and I never had formal classes in pattern making, so I was like, Okay, I'll just drape, and I'll sew as I pin it. ↗

— Alexander Wang

#drape #ever #formal #had #i

My mom would take me to restaurants, and the first thing I'd ask for would be a pen and a napkin, and I'd sketch shoes and shoes and shoes. ↗

— Alexander Wang

#first #first thing #i #me #mom

When I decided to launch my first knitwear line, it was because I saw a void in the basics category. The editors were always looking for cool, fashion-forward tees and sweaters. So that's where I started. ↗

— Alexander Wang

#basics #because #category #cool #decided

You know, when you go to high school or, you know, when kids are younger and there's not an understanding of differences. But I built up a very strong, thick skin. ↗

— Alexander Wang

#differences #go #high #high school #i

All those years of skating and dancing have carried over. I can't design anything without thinking of how a woman's body will look and move when she's wearing it. ↗

— Vera Wang

#body #carried #dancing #design #how

Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume. ↗

— Vera Wang

#costume #fashion #finding #greater #like

I was just talking about women, just in terms of understanding them as much as we can ever understand the opposite sex. I'm trying to let go of certain male approaches to things that you inherit, that you grow up with. ↗

— Fred Ward

#approaches #certain #ever #go #grow

Lots of models have played mermaids throughout history and it is, kind of, a funny rite of passage. ↗

— Gemma Ward

#history #kind #lots #models #passage