Azzedine Alaia quote: "I even do my ready-to-wear samples like couture."

Ready-to-wear -- that means 'ready to wear'. Some people are doing couture during ready-to-wear (fas...
CHRISTIAN LACROIX

I mix talents and friendship, which is not very professional, but it's my way of thinking. So I ...
CARINE ROITFELD Model S has, really, the ready-to-wear elements. Gen 3 has the opportunity to be more couture.
FRANZ VON HOLZHAUSEN

[*Haute couture implies precision in lines] Haute couture consists of secrets whispered from generat...
YVES SAINT LAURENT

My favourite designers always create a strong silhouette, like McQueen and Tom Ford and Alaia. I lik...
LIBERTY ROSS

Daphne Guinness, who makes couture seem wearable, is an icon who influences what I wear.
ASHLEY MADEKWE

I am always in doubt; I am never sure of myself.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

In modelling, it's very hard to keep in touch with the people you knew when you started.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I love film - it's like painting.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

As I said many times, the fashion world, its system, can be disturbing.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

Who will remember Anna Wintour in the history of fashion? No one.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I'm always telling young designers to take the time to surround themselves with women.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I've been wearing Chinese clothes since I was 14. I can't wear a suit. I'm small, and wh...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

Who can really say who invents something first in fashion?
AZZEDINE ALAIA

Even if I was in prison, I could be free in my head. I can adapt easily.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

Karl Lagerfeld never touched a pair of scissors in his life.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I prefer to stay poor.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I used to spend my nights oversewing dresses for a local dressmaker in order to pay for my school eq...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

If I don't have a model in front of me, I don't have an idea.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

Beyonce is a beautiful, elegant woman who is also a wonderful dancer. And her voice is sublime. Just...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

'Vogue' remains while its fashion editors come and go.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I would rather die than see my face in a car advertisement.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I don't wear perfume, and I don't like the air to be too saturated with scents.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

Women must know themselves better than anyone. If you have ugly legs, wear long dresses. If you have...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I want to speak directly with a star, not her stylist.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I have total confidence in Beaute Prestige International to accompany me in creating a perfume that ...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

Anna Wintour doesn't deal with pictures; she is just doing PR and business, and she scares every...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

When I was growing up, I never heard the word 'racism.' It was only in Paris I encountered t...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

The danger is we're losing sight of what women really want to wear.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

My father could be very strict, but very fair. His father was the same. We all respected my grandfat...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

In an ordinary suit and tie, I'd look like a little macho. I'd be ridiculous.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

Ballet costumes are easier that opera because they are designed for movement.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

As for success, I don't care for it. It is a fragile thing.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I'm working 24 hours a day. I have had a house in Tunisia for 20 years, and I never have time to...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

When you have one idea per year, it's already a miracle!
AZZEDINE ALAIA

A human being is not a machine. Especially when it comes to creating.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

There is a sensuality about fabric. I think all materials should be inviting when they touch the ski...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I had used the stretch materials for years to shape the inside of garments I made for private client...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

It's important to make women feel confident, because I think they are more important than men.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

My obsession is to make women beautiful. When you create with that in mind, things can't go out ...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

Fashion will last forever. It will exist always. It will exist in its own way in each era.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

The present fashion system is too hard - there are too many collections. The designers have no time ...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I want to create a foundation, like a maison, in my home in the Marais. I am going to leave everythi...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

Bill Cunningham... he knows fashion better than anybody.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I'm happier about my friends than I am about my work. I still have a long way to go with work. M...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I am never sure that anything's good enough. Something that is good today will not be good tomor...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I have been offered the highest paid contracts in the world. I refused them all. It's not my thi...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I never followed fashion. It's women who have dictated my conduct.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

The foundation of beauty is the body.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I work for women. I only think for them. If I didn't like women, I wouldn't do this job.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

You have to take things with a lot of laughter. I laugh with everyone; this way, I will be able to d...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I like black, because for me it is a very happy color.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I take it to heart that, for example, there aren't enough funds for AIDS research, but people pa...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

There are certain people I am allergic to. I even intervene when I don't like a customer; I rush...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

A woman is like an actress: she's always onstage.
AZZEDINE ALAIA

As a child, I was raised with my grandmother, alongside all my cousins, and the kitchen was always f...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

If you're sad about what you see in the mirror when you wake up every morning, you must change i...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I think women should be seductive, not triste. There's enough sadness in life now without making...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I put myself on the same level as everyone else around me - from the directrice to the workman, ever...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I am very curious. Every day, I say: 'What am I going to learn today, and whom am I going to mee...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

There was a woman in Tunisia called Madame Pinot. She was a midwife and had helped in the birth of m...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I love American girls. They're audacious. They put more outrageous things on their bodies than a...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

I learned French in Tunis, along with Arabic. I also learned French history. I knew the entire histo...
AZZEDINE ALAIA

You know Sarkozy offered me the Legion d'honneur medal? I refused. People said I refused because...
AZZEDINE ALAIA Ready-to-wear -- that means 'ready to wear',
CHRISTIAN LACROIX

I try to tell all the - not even the kids, even people older than me - to just be themselves. Don...
TYLER, THE CREATOR

I did that Dior Couture 60th anniversary show in July. It took so long to get ready, I think I would...
LINDA EVANGELISTA Aye, well, I've got my garden.
LIKE I I told my Nike representative, 'Why didn't you guys use me for this?''' Williams said, laughing.
LIKE I On the interception, I was out of bounds,
LIKE I casually made his 'abort black fetuses' argument.
LIKE I I can field my position. If I start worrying about being ready for a line drive too soon that means ...
LIKE I I told him that he played a great game,'' said Falcons quarterback Michael Vick , who like Manning w...
LIKE I I was so concerned with getting the ball out of my hands and not taking the sack, that sometimes I t...
LIKE I I knew I had to throw the ball better,'' Manning said of his poor start.
LIKE I I think the reason that I have that title or that moniker is because people don't know what to expec...
LIKE I You're either ready and prepared to take on the task, or you're not,'' he said.
LIKE I I did not have one butterfly out there today,'' he said.
LIKE I Married to the Mob.
LIKE I Hello you're with Drudge.
LIKE I I don't expect Christian Fundamentalists to reach out to me. They are adamant that homosexuals are i...
LIKE I throw enough shit at the wall and some should stick?
LIKE I I'm not happy, that's all I can say about it,'' he said.
LIKE I I thinks it really interesting how they throw the world music samples in there. I often wonder what ...
MARC ALMOND They built this thing like a tank. They do believe that even if the parachute system failed, that th...
BILL HARWOOD Berlinerinnen also continue to reinvent Berlin fashion. Women like Claudia Skoda, c.neeon (Clara Kra...
KATRINA SARK Only the fat-cat corporations can really afford to put on two mega-ready-to-wear shows a year, or fo...
SUZY MENKES

I like to wear jewellery, even though I like my look to be minimalist. When I go out for events, I l...
NARGIS FAKHRI I love to do glamorous things, like wear Valentino.
DEBRA MESSING Day to day, I always wear eyeliner on my top lid and mascara. I like to do my own makeup, it depends...
FELICITY JONES

I've never tried to do couture, because it's a whole different beast.
TOMMY HILFIGER

I like women with style to wear my shoes.
MANOLO BLAHNIK

[Then she moved into the eveningwear, fragrance and tabletop categories. This is only her second yea...
VERA WANG

I like my wine like my women - ready to pass out.
ROBIN WILLIAMS

I like my wine like my women -- ready to pass out.
ROBIN WILLIAMS I'd like to believe that the country is ready, but I do have my doubts based on my own experience.
KAY HAZEN It's very important for the team to know exactly how I feel. (But) I don't necessarily have to wear ...
MIKE SHANAHAN

I don't always wear underwear. When I'm in the heat, especially, I can't wear it. Like, if I'm weari...
NAOMI CAMPBELL I don't even look like Elvis. My hair is brown and curly. I wear a wig and sideburns that I glue on....
MIKE ALBERT

I generally like to wear my hair down, preferably with soft curls. But when I'm having a bad hai...
YAMI GAUTAM

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

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