Words matter. These are the best Chris March Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I always said whoever brings Mexican food to New York would make a million dollars. Then Chipotle happened, which is fine.
I think that if you take a risk, you inspire people, and ultimately, inspiring people is more important than winning.
‘Mad Fashion’ follows the everyday workings of me and my workshop, where we make fashion, costumes, props, and couture!
When I dress up in costume, it always starts with the wig for me. Big wigs and big headpieces are so fun, and they give you confidence and make you feel powerful.
I get a lot – a lot – of requests to make things that are like Lady Gaga. Like, ‘I’m a 9-year-old girl in Wisconsin. Please dress me like Lady Gaga. How much would this cost?’
Whenever I’ve had a wig fall off, I’ve just played it off like I meant it to happen. Just keep a good sense of humor about it.
I don’t want to make people cry – unless it’s with happiness.
When you make giant things for people, they don’t always fit; they’re not always happy with something that’s that big or that kind of outrageous compared to what they usually wear.
I probably have over a hundred pairs of high-heel shoes. I collect them. Over however-many years, from, like, the mid-’80s on – yes, I’m that old – I’ve been in drag several times in my life, and I collect a lot of stuff, and I do have a lot of high-heel shoes that I’m sure a lot of people would be jealous about.
My number one horror movie is the ’60s British version of ‘Ten Little Indians.’ This movie scared me to death when I was a kid – I still dream about it.
I was in ‘Christmas with the Crawfords’ with Joey Arias. I did that for six years, so I have a holiday show mentality a little bit.
It’s not necessarily all about commercial success. It’s about inspiring in the world and having what you do seen as art and a contribution to the world.
One of the things that I’ve realized in my life is that nothing really happens unless people believe in you.
I always tell people, never wear anything that’ll make them uncomfortable when you’re trying to go out and have a good time.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: ‘Beach Blanket’ was one of the most important experiences of my whole life. It’s part of me.
Somebody somewhere decided to put me on TV without really thinking twice about it.
I’ve been fascinated with Stevie Nicks for a long, long time. I’ve written ‘Stevie Nicks’ inside everything I’ve made for the past 20 years.
The oddest thing to me has been when people come up to me, and they don’t say anything, and they just put their arms around me and hug and kiss me. They don’t even say hello! They just freak out like they’ve seen a unicorn.
You know how Bette Midler always says her obituary will read, ‘Bette Midler dies. Started her career at the Continental Baths?’ Mine will say ‘Chris March died. He was on Season 4 of ‘Project Runway.” It’s an amazing show, it did a lot for me, and I’m fine with it. Unless it becomes terribly disreputable.
Even before I had ever seen ‘Beach Blanket Babylon,’ I had a similar aesthetic: colorful and sparkly.
I’ve been completely surprised at the outpouring of just incredible amounts of positive feedback and love from people all day long.
A lot of times, people are simply interested in seeing me because I was on television.
I watch a lot of shows on Bravo – I’m not just saying that. I love ‘Top Chef.’ I love ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta.’ That’s my favorite.
Most of the commissions that I get are either corporate jobs or celebrity jobs. Like, Wishbone had me make a whole fashion show – the clothes were all made out of real salad ingredients.
The New York world is definitely geared toward fashion. So many people work in the fashion industry, photography, all sorts of satellite businesses that have to do with it, so there’s no way that it can’t affect you, and it just kind of makes you think with more of a fashion edge.
I’m good at pants. They are just two big sleeves sewn together.
A lot of celebrities have a sense of humor, and combined with an outrageous event, sometimes the sky’s the limit!
I’ve made many, many, many large wigs in my career, and I’ve experimented with lots of materials to make them more fun and interesting and as big as possible. I like to use the lightest wig materials that I can.
‘Project Runway’ made my name more high-profile. I’ve gotten to work with a lot of different celebrity clients that I never would have otherwise.
Even though I love fashion and would love to be a fashion designer, I don’t live and breathe fashion every day of my entire life.
I once made a giant six-foot can of Crisco that a person had to dance in and that had an Elvis wig on top.
If a wig is funny when it’s two feet tall, why not make it three feet tall? Or ten?
When I was on ‘Project Runway,’ my website got a million hits a month, and there’s nothing bad you can say about that.
