Quote of the day: Phoebe Philo

“I’ve got friends with copied pieces. My mum’s even got a knock-off bag! I love it, I’m nothing but flattered.”
Phoebe Philo on Celine knock-off, US Vogue

“I’ve got friends with copied pieces. My mum’s even got a knock-off bag! I love it, I’m nothing but flattered.”
Phoebe Philo on Celine knock-off, US Vogue
“The blatant pillaging of vintage archive looks and designers’ ideas is shameful and lazy. We end up going around in a creative circle rather than making progress.”
Interesting thoughts on fast fashion and vintage from Byronesque’s Gill Linton, PSFK
“For menswear, the shows coincide with delivery. When the men’s editors arrive in Milan, on Friday afternoon most people go, straight away, to Prada and it’s the Prada fight. Who can buy it first? Then we go and see the new show. You have to do it before the new show, while the old show is still ‘the new show’.”
Charie Porter discusses ‘newness’ at the menswear shows in BON International

“It always makes me so crazy when people on shows have a new winter coat every day. I wore the same winter coat for three years after college, even after my dog peed on it.”
Lena Dunham, in this insightful New York Times story on the costumes behind the characters in Girls
[Image credit: New York Times]