Words matter. These are the best Maria Cornejo Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
My own personal tweets are very limited. I think I have, like, 68 followers on my personal Twitter.
If you feel good about yourself, even putting a little bit of makeup – I don’t usually wear makeup, but you know, someone said to me, ‘Why don’t you spend that extra five minutes to make yourself feel good?’ And it’s just a bit of self-care so you can go out and face the world, and I think we need that right now.
My parents came from very humble families. My grandfather had a construction business coming from farmland, and my grandmother could never read or write. We were very spoiled. We had a nice house – and then, all of a sudden, we had nothing.
Sexiness today is not about having a perfect body and wearing a tight mini skirt; it’s about what you don’t show that’s truly sexy.
I’m not one for conventional wisdom. I founded my label in 1998, but after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, my Japanese backers pulled out, and I couldn’t afford to produce the line myself. I needed fresh ideas from someone who understood technology, since that was the direction the business was going.
Sometimes I need to go for a walk for inspiration.
Before I started my company in 1998, I worked for big companies traveling a lot and saw firsthand how much waste there was. I was flying across the world in first class to places like Italy or Hong Kong, where I was staying in 5-star hotels, only to nickel and dime someone over a sweater price.
Being your own woman, not cookie cutter – that is the greatest luxury!
The fashion business has to change. There’s too much waste.
Guys are not good under pressure. They’re just not good at multitasking, but on that note, we should be a bit less good at enabling them to, you know? That’s a problem.
Normally I sleep in until 7, and most days, I go right into the office. On Tuesdays, though, I stay home and do work. I need a day when I’m not in meeting after meeting. You need time to try to get into your head again and see what’s next.
My parents, they were both Socialists; they were young – 30, 31. They were both successful career people. They had been teachers, and my dad spoke English.
I always say you can only change things from within. It’s all about energy. If it’s positive, then – even, like, somebody you don’t like, saying hello to them one day just switches the conversation, and instead of being angry, I think it’s good.
