BoF:
Karen Walker on her instant-gratification business model:
Walker often breaks rules as well. Pieces from her runway shows — she has been showing in New York since 2006 — are available in store the very next day. “This helps to beat [the counterfeiters] to market,” she explains. “Customers don’t want to just have new stuff in August, which is going to get more and more boring and then it’s going to go on sale and then there’s more new stuff in February. That model is dead. That was dead 20 years ago. We love the idea of new stuff constantly.”
Sophia Neophitou-Apostolou on the Fashion industry:
“I know there are plenty of cruel and selfish self-serving people in the fashion industry, but I love the fashion business because of the many genuine relationships you make. I’ve worked with so many wonderful, imaginative, inspiring — and demanding — people whose work has transported me to somewhere magical. And when that happens the difficulties, sulks and tantrums it took to get there are quickly forgotten.”
TheSkimm:
China takes puns very seriously.
China bans wordplay in attempt at pun control
“Cultural and linguistic chaos” – China’s reason for banning puns in the media.
Style.com:
Anya Rubik on her new scent:
“I get bored very quickly. And I hate to be comfortable; I don’t know why.”
Interview:
Madonna on Death and Creativity:
“I became very obsessed with death, and the idea that you never know when death will arrive, so one has to do as much as possible all the time to get the most out of life.”
“I was attracted to creative people. You don’t want to be the smartest person in the room; you want to be the dumbest in the room.”
Cheers,
Renata