33 Quotes by Joseph Altuzarra

The best and the worst thing about fashion is that anyone can do it. But because fashion can be the most unintellectual thing, you have to turn it into an intellectual exercise just for your own sanity. You have to start with a conceit.

It's important not to take all this fashion stuff too seriously, and I kind of love the idea of cheesiness.

My mother has a very chic sense of style, but she also has high expectations for her clothes to be functional and practical.

There's a side to me that likes to make clothes for everyday. But I also think of fashion as an escape. It's like a dream. Even in an economy that isn't strong and where it's important to sell clothes, you have to make things that let people dream a little.

When I'm not working, I'm walking.

I wanted to create clothes for women in their 40s and 50s and 60s who have careers and are sexy and don't want to look like grandmothers.