Couture Quotes

• Haute couture consists of secrets whispered from generation to generation, If, in ready-to-wear, a garment is manufactured according to standard sizes, the haute couture garment adapts to any imperfection in order to eliminate it.

  Yves Saint Laurent

  Order, Imperfection, Secret

  60 Copy quote

• The couture is what a certain kind of clientele wears. But it's amusing to do because you do it piece by piece. It's another concept. It's much more work.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Pieces, Amusement, Kind

  53 Copy quote

• For me, couture is the kingdom of imagination, creativity and experimentation, and this is how I approach it. I do, however, remain pragmatic and realistic.

  Giorgio Armani

  Creativity, Imagination, Kingdoms

  8 Copy quote

• Fashion fades, only style remains the same.

  Coco Chanel

  Inspirational, Fashion, Style

  "Architectural Digest" Magazine, (p. 30), September 1994.

  26 Copy quote

  Show source

• Haute Couture should be fun, foolish and almost unwearable.

  Christian Lacroix

  Fashion, Fun, Haute Couture

  64 Copy quote

• A woman is closest to being naked when she is well-dressed.

  Coco Chanel

  Fashion, Naked, Well Dressed

  57 Copy quote

• Couture is emotion. Couture is freedom. Couture is not thinking about pricing and not thinking about craziness. You can do whatever you want to do in couture.

  Riccardo Tisci

  Thinking, Want, Emotion

  Source: www.dazeddigital.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Yeah, that's what I'm working for. The couture house of the future

  John Galliano

  House, Yeah

  10 Copy quote

• EXTREME LUXURY ISN'T THE MOST BLING-BLING, IT'S EXTREME REFINEMENT, WHICH IS COUTURE AT ITS FINEST.

  Karl Lagerfeld

  Luxury, Bling, Finest

  19 Copy quote

• Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.

  Coco Chanel

  Fashion, Life Changing, Sky

  "Chanel : A Woman of Her Own" by Axel Madsen, (p. 124), 1991.

  84 Copy quote

  Show source

• For me, haute couture is a necessity. I never would have done this job were it not for haute couture. It is a comfort, a security. I almost feel it is our duty to continue. Haute couture is France. We have to keep all the skills and craftmanship alive.

  Christian Lacroix

  Jobs, Skills, Comfort

  9 Copy quote

• I'm constantly correcting young people and fashion students in this nation when they say "Well, I do couture." By definition, you don't. You have to be licensed by the government of France to do couture. So don't use that term. You can say that you do one-of-a-kind, you can say it's custom, but you can't say it's couture - because it's inaccurate.

  Tim Gunn

  Fashion, Government, People

  "Project Runway’s Top Gunn". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. January/February, 2012.

  8 Copy quote

  Show source

• The fashion I've acquired over the years is so sacred to me - from costumes to couture, high fashion to punk wear I've collected from my secret international hot spots. I keep everything in an enormous archive in Hollywood. The clothes are on mannequins, also on hangers and in boxes with a photo of each piece, and there's a Web site where I can go to look through everything. It's too big - I could never sort through it myself! But these garments tell the stories of my life.

  Lady Gaga

  Fashion, Years, Clothes

  "Lady Gaga On Love and Lies". Harper’s Bazaar Interview, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 5, 2014.

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only.

  Coco Chanel

  Fashion, Dresses, Haute Couture

  "Chanel : A Woman of Her Own" by Axel Madsen, (p. 124), 1991.

  24 Copy quote

  Show source

• Only in Paris do couture workers, from seamstress to mannequin, worship a dress and treat it like a baby.

  Pierre Balmain

  Baby, Paris, Dresses

  38 Copy quote

• I just think of couture clothing as wearable art. So from - to that extent I, you know, I love having the opportunity to just even be able to touch and look at, you know, these pieces of design. In terms of, you know, is it stressful and does it take a lot of time. It's mostly stressful because you're there because you're nominated.

  Debra Messing

  Art, Opportunity, Thinking

  Source: www.movieweb.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• One of the toughest guys in the world is Randy Couture - he is the true epitome of what a tough guy is.

  Jason Statham

  Guy, World, Tough

  "Jason Statham, ‘Safe’ Star, On If We’ll Ever See Him Star In A Romantic Comedy With Reese Witherspoon". Interview with Mike Ryan, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 23, 2012.

  36 Copy quote

  Show source

• I hate the terminology of "costume" because my clothes are not costumes at all. I think they're high fashion, avant-garde, and more couture, definitely, and yes, some of my pieces are not particularly wearable, but I wouldn't say they're costumes, I'd say they're more couture.

  Christian Siriano

  Fashion, Hate, Thinking

  18 Copy quote

• When I was young, especially when I was at school, I thought couture was about big gowns, big hats (that is couture as well, of course) - but my couture is about going near the clothes and having a look at the details. I like people to have a shock in a chic way.

  Riccardo Tisci

  School, Clothes, People

  Source: www.dazeddigital.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Knowing how to paint and to use one's colors rightly has not any connection with originality. This originality consists in properly expressing your own impressions.

  Thomas Couture

  Color, Knowing, Connections

  Thomas Couture (1879). “Conversations on Art Methods”

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Fashion is in the sky, in the street.

  Coco Chanel

  Fashion, Sky, Dresses

  "Chanel : A Woman of Her Own" by Axel Madsen, (p. 124), 1991.

  22 Copy quote

  Show source

• Cheap as chips, cheap as chips, it's a British expression. There's no couture in their darling.

  Jojo Moyes

  Expression, Chips, British

  Source: collider.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I even do my ready-to-wear samples like couture.

  Azzedine Alaia

  Sample, Ready

  9 Copy quote

• Working out is modern couture. No outfit is going to make you look or feel as good as having a fit body. Buy less clothing and go to the gym instead.

  Rick Owens

  Work Out, Looks, Body

  "Is Rick Owens the new Karl Lagerfeld?" by Rachel Holmes, www.theguardian.com. April 2, 2009.

  204 Copy quote

  Show source

• My own show with Sterling Ruby, for example, seems like such a huge disconnection from Dior couture, but then I think, yeah, in both collections there was a very strong focus on the human hand and the actual work of people making garments. So in that sense, they were completely related. But I didn't realize that during the process.

  Raf Simons

  Strong, Thinking, Hands

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

  6 Copy quote

  Show source