Top 66 Masaba Gupta Quotes

I think a lot of magazine covers are heavily photoshopped and bodies are distorted to look a certain way.

I have changed drastically because I allow myself to not just grieve and feel down.

I wanted to be anything but a designer. I was not willing to enroll into fashion school. It is just because that was the last resort and there was nothing else, I had to do it!

Today I have learned how to channel my rage through fashion.

Nothing shines out more than a bride in her most natural state.

A piece that is extremely close to my heart is a gold ring with bouts of mint and baby pink that my grandfather gave to my mother and she passed it down to me. What’s sweet is that it has my grandparent’s name on the flipside.

I wanted to act since I was 14, but I was dissuaded by my mother for various reasons. She told me I would be stereotyped.

One thing we do, to be inclusive, is that when we shoot campaigns, we ensure to do so with models of different body types, skin colors and with those hailing from different cultures.

I always wear at least five rings on my fingers – I have these knuckle rings I really like.

I started out fairly easier but I had the problem of proving that I’m actually talented. People think you have a privilege over others and I had to keep working harder.

I think the evolution of Arya Stark’s character has been incredible.

You wear your jewelry, don’t let it wear you.

My mom is really naive – she thinks that because she is honest, other people will be honest too. That’s not the way it works.

If someone would tease me about my hair, I would laugh… if someone called me black, I would laugh. I just took things in my stride. I was never made a victim.

I used to have a Milton steel water bottle that I would wield like a hammer, almost! My answer to all my bullies was to take out my bottle and hit them.

Embrace your vulnerability and celebrate your flaws; it will let you appreciate the world around you and make you more compassionate.

Homes are filled with who you are, as opposed to things.

I literally grew up reading the papers about my existence… that I was a love child. To a kid, it doesn’t make any difference. I always thought that if somebody can have an extramarital affair, someone can have a child out of wedlock.

As a kid I had major issues with my skin, so I never experimented much with beauty.

When I made my debut, I remember bridalwear being the only thing you ever showed at a runway presentation.

I think Bengali women have the most eclectic sense of dressing.

I want to set an example and say that you don’t need to wear a certain color, a certain type of maang tika; your hair doesn’t have to look a particular way.

Everyone has a perception if you are divorced. I got so busy with work that I didn’t even have the time to realize what was happening in my personal life. I had my own way of dealing with it.

Once upon a time, fashion was complex, and ostentatious was considered better.

My childhood had much clarity. I didn’t see abuse. I didn’t see my parents bickering. I didn’t live in a dysfunctional family.

I don’t force reinvention. I play with silhouette and color, since Indian as well as Caribbean women have a penchant for these.

We are now welcoming a world where fashion is not bogged down by binary gender norms. The trend is moving beyond symbolizing its wearers’ identity or gender. It’s now being accepted by the mainstream as more of a look, both on the catwalk and the high street.

Only you can give yourself the love you need and deserve.

Mom and I are playing fictionalized characters of ourselves in ‘Masaba Masaba.’ The series is a slice of our lives, and reliving key moments, even though fictionalized, took me down memory lane.

According to me, the key is ‘less is more.’ For instance, if the print is the star of your outfit, don’t accessorize too much. And if you have a gorgeous piece of jewellery, allow it to shine through.

I think Calcutta is that kind of a market that if you are a Delhi or a Bombay designer, they feel they are being shortchanged and given stock that isn’t fresh.

I want to be the Tory Burch of India – never once moving from my aesthetic, but offering a story and putting a print on whatever I can.

I believe getting rid of the divide between men and women will truly establish what it is to be equal. Fashion is increasingly acting as a weapon of change, inspiring ideas that blur that division, albeit in a subliminal manner.

It’s hard to tell if fashion will hold on to its ‘exclusive’ attitude, or change completely. Only time and Instagram will tell.

As with any outfit, the primary elements of normcore are fit, color, and texture, all of which must match both normcore’s loose silhouette, and at the same time, suit your body. Above all else, it’s about comfort. So if it doesn’t look effortless and easy, it’s not normcore.

Weight-gain brings with it a number of health issues, but at some point you just realise that you want to live longer, eat healthier. You don’t want to be out of breath when you climb a flight of stairs.

The kind of vision I have for menswear, men aren’t ready to wear stuff that’s so over the top!

I feel women in India play as much cricket as men.

Anxiety is a trap; it’s not a trend to be followed. It’s not supposed to be cool, it’s meant to be fixed.

I will act because I enjoy it.

Since I’m always on the go, I think it’s necessary to have basic strappy sandals that go seamlessly with everything you wear.

Can we first take care of our ‘brown lives matter’ in India and then worry about the U.S.? I find it bizarre that racism that is done so far away from home it is creating such an uproar. Look at the kind of racism people who are dark skinned in our country have to face.

I wanted to be a musician and studied vocals in London for a year and then I gave it up.

I grew up thinking I was inferior to white-skinned people. And as a child if you are conditioned like this, it becomes a part of your upbringing that you believe that probably because I look like this, I won’t get anywhere in life.

My cultural identity is obviously a huge part of my design aesthetic.

My body structure ensures that if I do not watch what I eat, my weight tends to spiral crazily out of control.

In our culture the idea of being fair-skinned is related to success. And we think that is the truth. Unfortunately, the beauty, fashion and Bollywood industry are to be blamed.

See, I just don’t want to starve at my wedding. So, my dream wedding is one where I get to eat a meal while everyone else enjoys themselves as well.

My job as a designer is done when my clothes inspire freedom in Muslim women to adopt fashion the way they desire.

I used to be angry all the time and at everybody. I would get really violent.

My father was as involved as he could be. He was busy, but called me every day. He knew what was happening in school, and even came for my tennis matches.

Mine was the most usual upbringing, I swear! I knew a girl who could only wear full-sleeved clothes. They had weird restrictions. My life was great.

Very little thought goes into making this stuff I make. It is on impulse. I think of colors all day and suddenly if I think of ice blue, I wonder if red or yellow will go with it.

Fabrics such as raw silk, velvet, shimmer, satin and georgette work well for the wedding season.

Every time I attempt something feminine, I can’t resist adding Amazon-inspired designs.

I played professional tennis for about six years and I played football and handball in school as well.

I’m a huge fan of Netflix and its storytelling and couldn’t be more excited to make my debut with such a strong creative partner.

Know your worth and please don’t invest in toxic people or relationships, because any bond that requires servicing is not worth your time.

In India we have hundreds of skin tones and don’t we need to show that?

I can’t wear a sari to save my life. So when I’m designing them, I know what I want: it definitely has to be lightweight and have pockets – girls have a lot to carry around, let’s face it.

Tennis has so much glamour.

It’s natural to want to have the things your peers do, adopting a lifestyle that lets you have the best of all worlds, but it’s a trap. Don’t let any person, thing or even a lifestyle have the power to control you. Learn to break free and be independent.

I do want to do a strong bridal line.

As I always say, if it fits you and looks good on you, it’s for you.

My style is all about being comfortable in every outfit I decide to wear.

At the end of the day, the real goal of fashion is to create clothes that make you feel as comfortable as possible, inside and out – no matter what your gender.