Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis Quotes

Dior Couture is like art - they are the art pieces of a fashion house. Each piece is unique and made by hand.

The ultimate art form of fashion is couture. I completely geek out when it comes to couture. It shows fashion as it used to be. I don't know how many people can actually afford the clothes, but in a way, that's beside the point.

One of my dreams is to walk down the runway during Fashion Week!

I'm a London girl, so I grew up on Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood... Dior, Chanel, the usual suspects.

I love Versace; I love Donatella's vision! It still has that '90s supermodel vibe.

I didn't really understand fashion until I started going to Paris and seeing the ateliers and how hard these people work. It's art.

Because I'm on the runway with some of the best models in the industry.

Fashion Week is like Christmas.

If I were a girl, I always like Chanel. It's so stylish and timeless. So I like Karl Lagerfeld a lot.

I was taken to my first fashion show - Nina Ricci haute couture - in Paris by the White Russian princess, down on her luck, whom I was boarding with in Paris in 1963. I was captivated by the glamour of the gilded salon, the elegant clothes, and the audience of grand ladies.

I am still in love with couture because it is just two months from drawing pad to runway so everything on the catwalk is hot from the oven.

I've never tried to do couture, because it's a whole different beast.

I love the idea of couture and its emphasis on creation. There's where I made my name - in design - and there's where I'd like to stay.

Abbey Clancy is incredible. I saw a picture of her in a white suit recently, and she looked amazing. Victoria Beckham always looks classy, and I like Coleen Rooney's style too.

You really do have the license during fashion week to wear the things that you wouldn't necessarily wear to dinner, because it really is a fashion parade.

I don't do 'Image' magazine or high-fashion shows.

Fashion is so mass-produced now; I hope there will come a refocus on how people see couture. And I would also hope for a new focus on the craft.

At Ungaro, I discovered the flou and the language of Paris.

I always used to love couture because it was more theatrical than the runways. The runways always felt more like part of the machine.

I have always been a fan of Alex Perry's work. His gowns are so beautiful, elegant, and always uniquely crafted to the woman wearing them on the red carpet. They are a true piece of art-meets-couture.

People think fashion shows take hours - it's 15 minutes. You walk in, do red carpet, take the pictures, you sit down... and then it's over.

I'm not the most beautiful model in the industry, but I am for sure one of the most 'fashion' creatures you can find!

The detail that goes into couture stuff is insane. Everything is handmade - every sequin, every double stitch.

I like the luxurious, dressing-up aspect of fashion.

It's couture. Everything has to be done by hand. That is most important. That is the crucial element. Without it, that is not couture anymore.