The 10 Best Designer Quotes This Year on Vogue

Fashion’s most popular proverb advises taking off one accessory before you leave the house, the idea being that less is more, but this year, designers went deeper than ever before, explaining their passions, philosophies, and visions for the future. Here, 10 quotes that Vogue captured on video for you to reflect on as we head into 2016.

Raf Simons on his Dior swan song:

"I wanted to do something, which is a little more pure than what we usually do. I think I feel like that because of what I think was happening to the fashion world in general. Things go to a peak of overexposure and over-decorated and seen on the Internet and clicked away in a split second, and things are so instant and so fast, and they’re pushed away and next and pushed away and next, and I think I’ve been trying to build up something that was going to be a strong identity again."

Karl Lagerfeld on reaction to his Spring 2016 Fendi show:

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"Personally, I don’t have to analyze what I’m doing. I’m not a marketing person. I just do what goes through my mind.... It’s always interesting that people see something I hadn’t seen myself or I had seen differently."

Dries Van Noten on his up-close-and-personal Spring 2016 finale:

"We put so much energy and time in all the small details, like the brooches here, and the cuff links there, and all these elements, so sometimes you lose so much in a fashion show that if you have the possibility to see them from close by, that’s a nice way to end the show, I think."

Alber Elbaz on the future of fashion in the digital age:

"It’s a world of technology and a world of tradition and I think that only when they’re both emerging and touching we will be living in harmony."

Rick Owens on the harnessed models at his Spring 2016 show:

"I just kind of thought, I’ll drape figures with other figures.... I thought, It can come off a little bit bondage-y, which is not what I want it to look like. It’s supposed to be about unity and it’s supposed to be childhood, childbearing. I’m thinking about supporting families, the resilience of women in the face of adversity and grace under pressure.... What I see is this nurturing quality in women that I think is a little more developed in women than in men maybe."

Michael Kors on the importance of clothing that comes alive:

"Movement is it. I never understand when people say, ‘Oh that’s really beautiful,’ and she’s standing totally still. When we fit a collection, it’s all about: How does it sit? How does it walk? Because those are the clothes that you grab for in real life."

Kanye West on his place in fashion:

"I can say that what I’m doing is getting closer to what I’m dreaming about.... I want to demonstrate that I can learn and follow the rules of fashion so that I can work with amazing people. I want to work with the highest-level people in fashion."

Riccardo Tisci on the inspiration behind his Spring 2016 Givenchy show:

"The influence was like five different religions because in days like this you have to just think future and positivity. We all are the same. Love is for everybody, and love doesn’t have a religion. Love is love, and we are all on the same platform and we are all the same."

Peter Copping on following in Oscar de la Renta’s footsteps:

"Oscar knew that whatever I did, it would be with a real respect for the house, and I like a sophisticated woman, I like femininity, all those things that were important for Oscar. So even if it’s an element of my own aesthetics creeping in, I think it still feels right for the house."

Laura Mulleavy on Rodarte’s personal Spring 2016 collection:

"Once you feel creative, we’re the type of people that can’t stop that. I felt like the emotion I was feeling came out in the show."

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