Top 44 Quotes by Suzy Menkes

About Suzy Menkes

These are some quotes by British author Suzy Menkes Journalist, who was born on December 24, 1943.

My style has always been to choose the charming and quirky.

My style has always been to choose the charming and quirky.

Suzy Menkes

Clothes, as much as music, have an eerie echo of time and place.

Clothes, as much as music, have an eerie echo of time and place.

Suzy Menkes

I have a love for colorful things. I'm a fashion maximalist. I come from the school of people who look at the decoration in Marie Antoinette's bedroom, and think 'Why so reserved?'

I have a love for colorful things. I'm a fashion maximalist. I come from the school of people who look at the decoration in Marie Antoinette's bedroom, and think 'Why so reserved?'

Suzy Menkes

I knew him, but never felt that I got really close to Saint Laurent. But who really did? Betty Catroux, maybe.

I knew him, but never felt that I got really close to Saint Laurent. But who really did? Betty Catroux, maybe.

Suzy Menkes

When I look at my clothes, I think of them as an expression of the joy and fun of fashion - with a bit of English eccentricity thrown in.

When I look at my clothes, I think of them as an expression of the joy and fun of fashion - with a bit of English eccentricity thrown in.

Suzy Menkes

Smartphones are so fabulous in so many ways that it seems daft to be nostalgic about the days when an image did not go round the world in a nanosecond.

Smartphones are so fabulous in so many ways that it seems daft to be nostalgic about the days when an image did not go round the world in a nanosecond.

Suzy Menkes

I always have separated myself from my critiques of collections. My judgment is not about whether I would wear it - but how the collection stands in the lexicon of an established designer. As I am a maximalist, not a minimalist, I don't wear Armani or Celine - but I so appreciate what they have achieved.

Suzy Menkes

The clothes most worn by people are the clothes least commented on by the press.

The clothes most worn by people are the clothes least commented on by the press.

Suzy Menkes

I am not a hoarder, but my wardrobe is the antithesis of fast fashion. I buy clothes - beautiful in looks and make - to last. I originally stored away things like Ossie Clark because I could not bear to part with such treasures.

Suzy Menkes

There are some designers who flash and burn - Courreges is an example of that. But he still marked fashion history. And I don't think that longevity is always a badge of honor. Modern brand management means that we are always celebrating birthdays, when what is exciting about fashion is innovation, not repetition.

Suzy Menkes

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