Affordable Luxury Quotes

When I was working at MTV, people would e-mail me asking where I bought my frames, and I always felt a little uneasy telling a teenager to go out and pick up a $400 pair of glasses.

It's just really important I think for fashion to be affordable, because everyone should have the opportunity to wear cute things and be happy and comfortable in what they are wearing. That's definitely how I like to shop and how I like to think about clothes and fashion.

I'm not really into trends. I do like high fashion. I love my Chanel and my Louis, but I love my Forever 21 too.

What we really believe in is high design at a low cost.

Prague is the Paris of the '90s.

I was very inspired by working women, and also women who aren't working yet! I want them to have shoes that feel luxurious and special and well-crafted and thought about. But also, they should have shoes that won't break the bank. You don't have to spend three years saving up for beautiful shoes.

...high end does not necessarily equal high price. It's a matter of attitude.

I like to play around with mixing high-end with more affordable pieces.

I like mixing high-end finds with less expensive items. I've been known to pair an outfit from Forever 21 with Chanel shoes.

At a flea market I always head for the junk jewelry table first.

We spent a lot of time trend forecasting and collaborating on ways to design a fresh line of fashion-forward, affordable luxury.

I just lip gloss! It doesn't matter if it's $2 or $30.

What I want is not to become a status symbol, but to give beauty at a price.

One of the things I really love about restaurants is that in many ways, they are the ultimate democratic institutions, where you get to walk in the door, plunk down your money, and for however long that you're there, you can be anyone you want to be.

The last really expensive trip we took was so uncomfortable. It's so lazy. I want somebody to give me a great $30 massage as opposed to a bad $265 massage.

Customers want high quality at low prices and they want it now.

I think the idea of mixing luxury and mass-market fashion is very modern, very now - no one wears head-to-toe designer anymore.

I think it's in my mind, and it's driven me my entire life, and it is to offer customers tasteful clothes at good value, meaning it lets the world - or more of the world - afford to dress well.

Whether experimenting with the latest trends during my teenage years or turning to quality designer pieces to show off my more refined style today, I've always turned to places like T.J.Maxx to find those pieces that are truly me.

I'm a magpie - I collect accessories and trinkets. But I don't have expensive tastes.

You shouldn't have to have money to have a luxury fragrance.

I think J.Crew has figured out a way to make young professional guys look cool with a polished suit that looks expensive but is actually affordable.

No, no, no. There's no such thing as cheap and cheerful. It's cheap and nasty & expensive and cheerful.

Things of greatest profit are set forth with least price. Where the wine is neat there needeth no live blush.

All brands, whether high-ticket luxury ones such as Cartier or Rolls-Royce or 'masstige' ones with luxe-y overtones but altogether more affordable, all want to grow. Even brands that may have started in a modestly niche design and lifestyle fashion can find themselves under pressure to go global or to sell out at the top.