Words matter. These are the best Chris Benz Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I used to sit in bed at night and flip through design-school catalogs. I found out that Parsons accepted a small number of high school juniors, so I applied my sophomore year and got in.
As a designer looking to the future, you don’t want to get lost in the archives.
The best part of fashion is the interns – having them or being one.
I have no problem with being underdressed.
I interned with Marc Jacobs in college, then worked at J. Crew. I learned a lot about how to fit clothes and what kinds of things sell and why.
I’m drawn to girls with a certain self-effacing, humorous quality and an innate independence and point of view. I love the notion of never taking yourself too seriously or being too put together.
There is a lack of humor in fashion. To me, it’s always been the fun, cool industry to work in, and I always wanted people to be on my side and see how much fun we really have behind the scenes.
I think Seattle has a great sort of luxury and comfort sensibility, which I oftentimes think is lost in fashion for fashion’s sake.
Designers and musicians are primed to keep thinking forward. Once an album or collection launches, you can only think about doing the next one.
I feel like girls should dress down a little bit on the holidays, even though the instinct is to get really dressed up.
I remember watching ‘The Carol Burnett Show’ with my parents as a kid. All those weird outfits she wore, like turtlenecks and long skirts, really stayed in my head.
Growing up in Seattle, I was always that kid who didn’t subscribe to what everyone else was wearing.
I have specific playlists for arrivals in different cities. Tokyo skews new wave, Paris more jazz, and New York is Top 40.
I love how New York as an idea is less a paradigm of manifest destiny and more a romance for the social orphans of the world. We live here to be among the towers and the crowds.
Let me tell you, I’m not sure if America runs on donuts, but I sure do! Nothin’ like a little simple sugar icing to get the blood pumping at 9:00 A.M.
I feel like everyone should dye their hair a weird color. If you hate it, you can just dye it back.
I went to Parsons. American sportswear was my education, and that is what is important to me.
I particularly like Facebook because it straddles the gap between seeing people and not seeing them.
