If one comes across sometimes as being cold or brusque, it's simply because I'm striving for the best.

Gisele Bundchen, along w Kate Moss, is a phenomenon. I wish models knew they have to have a personality

It’s always about timing. If it’s too soon, no one understands. If it’s too late, everyone’s forgotten.

We all have a role to play in creating safe environments where everyone can be free to work without fear.

I see a lot of women in these great-looking sneakers, as though they are almost very influenced by sport.

It is a family; it's a slightly dysfunctional family, but it's also very close and warm and loving family.

I have such an extraordinary platform where I am able to help people. To me, that's the number one priority.

I never pay any attention. I'm sure it's not such a good way to be, but I don't really follow market research.

I learned how important it is to lead and be decisive and to, in a way, empower other people to do their best.

I'd just been on a trip to Minnesota, where I can only kindly describe most of the people I saw as little houses.

I worked for Harper’s Bazaar. They fired me. I recommend that you all get fired; it’s a great learning experience.

It is so important for designers not to run scared, and not to be too worried about what's safe and what's commercial.

Things change. You walk on the street and get a Starbucks, and things have changed by the time you come back to the office.

Fashion, which often seems to be on a path to be bigger, more Instagram-ready, can also achieve its best through sincerity.

There's a new kind of woman out there…She doesn't have time to shop anymore. She wants to know what and why and where and how.

After a series of jobs that I prefer not to recall, I was hired in the early eighties as fashion editor of 'New York' magazine.

Fashion is a reflection of our times. Fashion can tell you everything that's going on in the world with a strong fashion image.

Vogue' is the best of everything that fashion can offer, and I think we point the way. We are, you know, a glamorous girlfriend.

'Vogue' is the best of everything that fashion can offer, and I think we point the way. We are, you know, a glamorous girlfriend.

It's important for young women and men coming out of the fashion schools to think seriously before starting their own collections.

We're all used to hearing the word 'authentic' a little too often these days, but in Senator Gillibrand's case, it's entirely accurate.

[The democratization of luxury] means more people are going to get better fashion. And the more people who can have fashion, the better.

I'm interested in seeing just the girl on the street because she is unlike any other. I'm inspired by whatever it is she might be wearing.

In my own personal career, I have felt almost the most difficult thing to deal with is someone who doesn't tell you what they are thinking.

You can’t really worry too much…about what the competition is doing or what other people in your field are doing. It has to be a true vision.

I surround myself with a talented group of people that are opinionated and interesting. I try to remain very open to what others have to say.

Traditionally, those that work in fashion have always had the point of view that items made by hand have their own aura and are something special.

I've been thinking a lot about the speed and spectacle in today's fashion industry, because they seem to mirror stresses in other creative fields.

There is unfortunately a world that still exists that dismisses fashion as being a little bit frivolous and the people who work in it are not so smart.

The world of entertainment is, like the world of fashion, becoming increasingly populated by those who don't want to do things the same old boring way.

When I hear a company is being run by a team, my heart sinks, because you need to have that leader with a vision and heart that can move things forward.

The Fashion Fund celebrates the real passion that underlies the fashion business, not the frothy world of glamour and celebrity that so often surrounds it.

Designers don't live in a vacuum; they are not blind to what's going on. They, too, will be inspired by what they see, and that will come out in their work.

To be famous these days with no grounding and no substance is not especially difficult. I urge you instead to seek to be relevant, to be agile and educated.

I feel it would be a huge mistake for 'Vogue' always to be completely tasteful, completely perfect. I think it's very important for us to also rock the boat.

The Trump Card is appealing, grounded, smart, and has a sense of humor. Ivanka Trump proves that believing in yourself and working hard never go out of style.

Everyone should be sacked at least once in their career because perfection doesn't exist. It's important to have setbacks, because that is the reality of life.

If you look at any great fashion photograph out of context, it will tell you just as much about what's going on in the world as a headline in the New York Times.

It's very important to me that I look good when I go out publicly. I like looking at my clothes rack in the morning and deciding what to pick out. I enjoy fashion.

I don't have a high-powered life out of work. I like to go to the country for the weekend with the kids and the dog and play tennis. I am very good at turning off.

The notion that a contemporary woman must look mannish in order to be taken seriously as a seeker of power is frankly dismaying. This is America, not Saudi Arabia.

I get asked all the time, What do you do differently than 10 years ago, or what will you do differently in the years to come?' In the years to come, I have no idea.

Finding your way doesn't mean surviving, just as pleasing an audience doesn't mean twisting your editorial around search engine optimization and Facebook algorithms.

I'm struck these days by how often people come up to me and ask to take a photograph instead of shaking hands, meeting one's eyes, and having an actual conversation.

I don't go to the afterparties. I think people always feel if I go to the afterparties, they have to behave well, which, after all, is not the point of an afterparty.

It is true that a lot of people are easily distracted online. As a result, too many of us have given up on digital audiences for ambitious work, and this is a mistake.

Fashion today is available to everybody in a way that it's never been before: you've got every designer you've ever heard of working for H& or Target. That's fantastic.

'Vogue' has a history of picking up on various TV shows that reflect a moment in popular culture, whether it's putting Lena Dunham on the cover or Sarah Jessica Parker.

For my very first September issue, I put Naomi Campbell on the cover. She was wearing this orange Anne Klein sequin suit - it would probably look incredibly '80s today.

I'm an ice queen, I'm the Sun King, I'm an alien fleeing from District 9 and I'm a dominatrix. So I reckon that makes me a lukewarm royalty with a whip from outer space.

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