The apparent pointlessness of fashion may be just what makes it so strong as a zeitgeist sensor. Even I, a designer, do not know why a certain proportion feels dated or why another one feels exciting at a given moment. I leave that to the cultural historians and theorists.

  • -- Jil Sander 吉尔桑德

时尚明显的无意义也许正是它作为时代精神传感器如此强大的原因。即使是我,一个设计师,也不知道为什么一定比例的人觉得过时,或者为什么另一个人在某一特定时刻感到兴奋。我把这个问题留给文化历史学家和理论家。

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There is a better reason for studying zoology than its possible ‘usefulness’, and the general likeableness of animals. This reason is that we animals are the most complicated and perfectly designed pieces of machinery in the known universe. Put it like that, and it is hard to see why anybody studies anything else!

研究动物学有一个比它可能的“有用性”和动物的普遍可爱性更好的理由。这是因为我们动物是已知宇宙中最复杂、设计最完美的机器。这么说吧,很难理解为什么有人要学习其他东西!

I want my books to last, to stand the test of time, and to do that I focus on the forces that shape the subject - the cultural and sociological geography - to capture them in a way that will explain them no matter what they are doing.

我希望我的书能经久不衰,经受住时间的考验,为了做到这一点,我将重点放在塑造这个主题的力量上——文化和社会学地理——以一种无论它们在做什么都能解释的方式来捕捉它们。

An image is not simply a trademark, a design, a slogan or an easily remembered picture. It is a studiously crafted personality profile of an individual, institution, corporation, product or service.

一个形象不仅仅是一个商标,一个设计,一个口号或一个容易记住的图片。它是一个精心制作的个人、机构、公司、产品或服务的个性简介。

Couture has copied my things for years, in addition to countless other costume designers, claiming theirs were the original ideas. It's all part of the business, unfortunately.

多年来,高级定制时装一直在模仿我的设计,此外还有无数其他服装设计师,他们声称自己的设计是原创。不幸的是,这都是生意的一部分。

My family... always had the value of the family table and these cultural influences of growing up.

我的家人…始终具有家庭餐桌的价值和这些文化熏陶下的成长。

Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer.

我做梦也没想到我会成为一名时装设计师。