Isaac Mizrahi
You're not working with models, you're working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy.Collection: Women
Even though I grew up as a Sephardic Jew in Brooklyn where we ate Syrian food and went to temple, it was still America.Collection: Food
This is what I like about being a designer: You can't really get it until you see it.Collection: Design
The more relaxed you can get, the better you'll do.
Sometimes I'm really dressed up, and it really turns me on.
Mick Jagger, his face was very new. It became a sex symbol.
Either it works or it doesn't.
You know who a role model for me is? George Ballanchine.
Everyone asks, Will he make it, will she make it? You never make it.
When someone says you can't do what you know you can do, then you can't do anything.
I don't want to offend people.
When people ask, Do you like children? I always say, I like some children, yes. Some children I don't like.
I have a lot of obligations.
Just when I think I hate fashion, I hate clothes, I'm seized by this crazy thing that I have to do. I have this little studio now where I just draw. I can be in the room for three days and not even look up.
If I just do it, it will take less time than telling someone what I'm thinking, and have them free associate, and then come back to me and I'll hate it and I'll have to redo it.
How do I do it? I don't know how I wouldn't do it - that's the thing.
You listen to Handel operas, right? And there are a thousand of them, right? And they all sound alike. If I look back on my work, maybe it's the same thing.
What you do, you don't think of as a product.
You know what makes me teary? Goya. Goya makes me cry.
I'm so involved in melancholy.
That's one thing about fashion that you really shouldn't be-you can't be melancholy in fashion because people don't respond to it.
If you try to have a fashion show with Bach fugues and John Coltrane, it doesn't really work.
All I want are high heels, high heels. If I was a girl, I'd wear a lot of high heels. High, stiletto heels.
People say it's really the press who create those soundbites about fashion. That's what sells magazines and clothes.
Half the time I don't even think about it, I just throw something on because I'm so late or so busy.
Most of my life I was occupied with American television and American food. My ethnicity was my choice. It still is.
In Paris, it used to feel like you were living in a museum. As beautiful as it was, it's still limited. But here you have just everything.
You don't necessarily live for the moment; you live for hope-what you're going to get, what you're going to say, what you're going to think.
I don't like people to feel completely described by the clothes they wear of mine. I want them to feel that they're describing themselves.
What if Woody Allen called me and said, I'm working on this movie and there's a really divine role for you. We want exactly you! It would be such a fantasy. Forget it! My idol, Woody Allen!
The reason people like to watch ball games is because they don't really know exactly what's going to happen from moment to moment. That's why you watch the entire thing.
The last thing I want to become is one of those talking heads where everything is satiny smooth and you know what the next question is going to be.
I'd love to talk to Angelina Jolie. On my show I would love her because she's a mysterious, mysterious figure.
I'd love to talk to Joaquin Phoenix because he's a very private guy. Also, he's creating a new kind of sexy leading man. To me, his face is new and might be legendary someday.
I'm not trying to be the next Joan Rivers.
Remember this: No one is looking at your imperfections; they're all too busy worrying about their own.Collection: People
I'm all about exuberance. We only have one short life to live, and we shouldn't waste it being tasteful.Collection: Short Life
I equate peonies with love because they're the first blooms of summer.Collection: Summer
There's no reason for unhappiness if you're living with nice design.Collection: Nice
There is one common philosophy, one thing that you can do no matter who you are or what you look like: You can actually get passionate instead of remaining cool or instead of trying to look like everybody else. You can - you must - immerse yourself passionately in who you are if you want to have style.Collection: Philosophy
To me, you can't have style without being inspired. When I design a collection, I am inspired by so many things. The color of a flower. The shape of a butterly's wing. The juxtaposition of an old tenement building next to a shiny new skyscraper.Collection: Fashion
If you feel something in your heart, if you have a vision for it, then it's no longer a risk.Collection: Heart
Color is like food for the spirit - plus it's not addictive or fattening.Collection: Color
It's no wonder we know how to dress; we've spent centuries in closets.Collection: Dresses
Style makes you feel great because it takes your mind off the fact that you're going to die.Collection: Motivation
The more relaxed you can get, the better you'll doCollection: Relaxed
There are so many images out there, so many clothes out there, and the only ones that look interesting to me are the ones that look slightly mistaken.Collection: Motivation
A mutt is couture-it's the only one like it in the world, made especially for you.Collection: Pet
The key to looking great in the evening is to look original. Try to look different from others without looking out of place. When everyone else is wearing black, stand out in a bold, bright color. When everyone else is wearing dress that falls to the floor, shock them with a short gold brocade suit. But try not to overdo it. Focus on one thing: Will it be a statement neckclace, a stunning pair of earrings, or really big hair? You decide.Collection: Fashion
You can't be melancholy in fashion because people don't respond to it.Collection: Fashion