118 Quotes by Jason Wu

The way my mom dressed was one of my earliest inspirations, in those ’80s suits with shoulder pads and things like that. For years, I ran away from that style. But now, all I want to do is shoulder pads and nipped-in waists and padded hips and peplums and poufed dresses.

You’re always in the mode of creating the next season. It’s so fast, and in two months, the collection you just did is already old, and it’s always next, next, next.

The worst thing is to be a designer and create work that isn’t honest. You have to be honest. Otherwise, you’ll always be a reaction to what other people do and you’ll always be one step behind.

I always have the TV on. When there’s no TV, I play music. I like having noise. I think that’s why New York is so suitable for me, because it’s never really fully quiet.

Anyone who knows me knows that I don’t know anything about politics. Every time I go to Washington, I feel like I’m in Legally Blonde.

For a while, I just thought that I wanted to be an illustrator because that’s all I wanted to do. I also did some sculpting. It was always very artsy and very feminine, everything that I did.

I was very preppy in my childhood. I also went through an anti-clothing moment where I just wanted to wear sweats because I’d just moved to Canada. My mom was always trying to get me into proper clothes, but I never wanted to wear them, and now that’s all I wear.

I worked 10 years as a toy designer before I started my career as a fashion designer. It’s something I just fell into and really liked.

I love the idea of working with women because I always feel like a man designing womenswear needs women around him to really have a sense of what they’re doing.