John Rocha Quotes

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John Rocha

Profession : Designer

Birth : August 23, 1953

I still love Birkenstocks. I just think they are the most comfortable things; I even wear them in winter sometimes.

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I can tell you every element of every single look from each collection - one to 30 - without looking at a picture: my label is all done by me.

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I want to explore my design philosophy in different mediums, and I'm very interested in architecture.

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

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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.

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

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Chinese people have that superstitious fix - people always do feng shui when they are opening a shop; even the Hong Kong Shanghai Bank pays people to do feng shui for them.

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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.

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

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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.

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