Top 33 Alexander Wang Quotes

I love layers!

I’ve always said I’m not the kind of designer who likes to lock himself away in a studio and let the rest of the company deal with it. I work very closely with everyone on the team.

A lot of my work is a matter of reacting to surprises in life.

I tend to like the most basic pieces with the perfect fit and fabric, like a simple tank.

Time passes faster and faster, but with every project I always want to find the next challenge and the next challenge is just as exciting as the previous one.

I was in fashion school, my brother has a law background, and my sister-in-law had worked in production, but none of us had a proper fashion business education.

No one is going to understand your brand better than you.

I like to write and draw everything with sharpies. I even got one with my own name on it!

Any style that Nike makes in all black, shoe, sweatshirt, onesie, doesn’t matter, I pretty much need to have.

When I decided to launch my first knitwear line, it was because I saw a void in the basics category. The editors were always looking for cool, fashion-forward tees and sweaters. So that’s where I started.

My friends always joke that I run on batteries.

My mom would take me to restaurants, and the first thing I’d ask for would be a pen and a napkin, and I’d sketch shoes and shoes and shoes.

When you focus on the consumer, the consumer responds.

If you’re designing out of a purely creative place, not thinking of the girl, then the consumer’s not going to take notice.

Designing a product and understanding how it filters through into the market and into the rest of the company is very important to me.

I mean, I’ve always said I have an amazing team and network of friends and people that I work with that, you know, inspire me and enable me to do what I do.

Probably the earliest memories for me would be going to restaurants with my family.

I seem to always start a collection by designing outerwear and jackets.

I thought I would attend school and get an assistant position and work my way up but being in NY and seeing the pace of everything, is very inspiring.

The industry’s changed so much that you can’t just design something, put on a great show, and say, ‘Okay, my job is done.’

My mom would put me in these preppy little suits and slick my hair to the side. I have these baby pictures of me where I’m this little preppy kid with a sweater tied around my neck.

In the beginning I pushed toward perfection, but it takes time to get to certain places.

The great thing is that young talent isn’t tied to a how-to model for starting a line; we get to find new ways to go about doing things. And don’t let people tell you you can’t. Go find a way to show that you can.

I’m not like most designers, who have to set sail on an exotic getaway to get inspired. Most of the time, it’s on my walk to work, or sitting in the subway and seeing something random or out of context.

I think sometimes there are negative connotations for those who have a business mind as well as a creative side.

I feel so thankful that I’m able to be a part of something that I love to wake up and run to work every day.

If someone realises the piece they are wearing is inspired by me then it only broadens my audience.

I never really did sports growing up. Maybe that’s why they intrigue me. The technology that goes into that clothing is steps ahead, so it’s always been something I look towards.

I don’t care how small or big they are, insects freak me out.

No one ever taught me, and I never had formal classes in pattern making, so I was like, Okay, I’ll just drape, and I’ll sew as I pin it.

A lot of designers get caught up in the creativity, but you’ve got to think about the legs of your collection – essentially, how the line is going to move forward.

I’ve always loved when girls carry their wallets as a clutch instead of a bag.

It’s hard sometimes to take a step back and realize what’s happened because you’re always trying to move forward. You’re always looking at the next palette.