Timeless Design Quotes

You just have to be classy at the end of the day. That doesn't mean you can't go with a midnight blue tux. And if you can find a deep red tux that looks classy and classic, I think you can pull it off.

Even as exuberant as my style is and as over the top as I may be, I can appreciate a classic when it's really well done.

In Manhattan, my go-to bag is a black L.L.Bean tote it never looks dirty!

I think the old classic Porsches are fantastic, with those lovely curved lines, but I don't like the modern ones at all.

I love the opportunity to get properly dressed up. I've worn three Lanvin dresses, and they've all been a dream. They're so well made, with the most beautiful craftsmanship. I don't tend to go with things that are ornate - just beautifully made pieces and some classic jewelry. Let the work speak for itself. I love that.

What made Louis Vuitton famous was the quality. We don't do marketing; we just create products which are exceptional in their design and craftsmanship.

Every day of my adult life, I have worn at least one piece of jewelry from my maternal grandmother's collection, all of which were manufactured by famed Danish silversmith Georg Jensen. To the naked eye, I am either a Jensen loyalist or a grandmother loyalist. Really I am just a Pretty Things loyalist.

Good design is innovative Gives a product utility Is aesthetic Makes a product easy to understand Is unobtrusive Is honest Is long-lived Is consistent down to the smallest detail Protects the environment Good design is as little design as possible.

I have a great plain blue shirt from APC, and a denim one from Dolce that I wear constantly. It's hard to find the perfect denim shirt, but this is it.

What I'm trying to do now in my life - not just with the building, but with everything - is to construct things that will have enduring qualities, and won't just be ephemeral flashes in the pan.

I should be European, man. I'm long and lean. I'd look good in a trench coat.

Rooms should be timeless.

Architecture is a special kind of career that showcases the accumulations of culture, time, and history.

The very best khakis are made by Bills Khakis.

Fashion is mysterious, as a rule. Why are blue jeans a classic? You just hit on something that happens to be timeless and right.

I believe designers should eliminate the unnecessary. That means eliminating everything that is modish because this kind of thing is only short-lived.

I just love vintage. I have far too many vintage dresses.

For me, style is about quality, integrity and timelessness. It is free of trends but always feels fresh and new.

I'm a classic emerald green Sixties Jaguar that nobody can own, but my husband is allowed to drive.

I think I'm gonna wear Timberlands until I die, man. They may not be the hottest thing out, but Timbs keep reinventing themselves.

Ritu Kumar's clothes are totally great. Her embroidery is perfect. She lives up to her name over and over again.

We have received a heritage of craftsmanship, of aesthetics, of taste, of identity. Our brands have the beauty to preserve and perpetuate it.

I'm obsessed with leather jackets!

Basic clothes are for all women, to last for decades and decades. They are the future and will never change. I am persuaded of that.

Seeing European guys wear suits was incredible. And it wasn't all like the big fashion house expensive suits, it was like simple stuff but the way the older men dressed in Europe just absolutely amazed me. In Italy, in France the way the older men dressed was incredible.