Zac Posen Quotes

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Zac Posen

Profession : Designer

Birth : October 24, 1980

At the end of the day, you can't compete with Mother Nature. If you've got a great tomato, just a pinch of sea salt is all you need.

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There's a reason good fabrics have a cost. They're done with good quality to last.

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Don't worry about what's cool and what's not cool. Authenticity is what's cool.

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The first time I went to the Met Ball, I was 16. I was an intern there and saved up to buy a staff ticket to the party. That was my favorite experience going. It wasn't the red carpet; it was the experience of being there for the first time.

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There's not one major greatest influence on my career. It would be film and great artists and great imagineers - Jim Henson, Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin, people who understand the joy of the imagination.

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There's nothing wrong with being pretty.

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Fashion is killing women's body image of themselves.

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I don't believe in one ideal beauty.

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I went through the workroom at Central Saint Martins in London, which is the most competitive workroom of a design school in the world. Very high creativity, very conceptual, very international, age-diverse and cutthroat - people who have master degrees reapplying into a foundation there is just wild to me to launch their careers.

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The biggest thing politically within fashion is that the clothing should be displayed on different body shapes.

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I have multiple lines and am licensing multiple projects, but I am still hands-on. It feels special. I don't take it for granted.

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The way I cut my clothing... it is about empowerment and loving the curves of the body.

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Listen, I'm not a rich kid. I'm a cultured kid; I'm very rich in culture.

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Everybody wants to be a star right now, to be heard, to have a voice, so you have to give the confidence for people to have that ability - and give them the wardrobe to become a star.

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So many people are following fashion now. It's become fashion-tainment.

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I want to be a major force.

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There is no reason for me to show my collection in New York, because it's not about craft and technique there.

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I am a compulsive and concise shopper.

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People who devote themselves to a life of style are admirable.

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I am totally unattached to material items.

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