Ozwald Boateng Professions : Fashion designer Born : February 28, 1967 Browse All Authors Top 23 quotes by Ozwald Boateng A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes a lot of hard work. Ozwald Boateng determination dream work Style is an extension of yourself. My approach is to enhance the personality of the wearer, so he has his own voice Ozwald Boateng style voice personality If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it well. That's just my character, that's just the way it is with me. Ozwald Boateng wells character way You can't have style if you don't have substance. Ozwald Boateng style substance ifs I have my fashion empire to build. Ozwald Boateng empires fashion Shirt collars are very important to me. Putting a very soft shirt collar with a formal suit doesn't work for me at all. Ozwald Boateng t-shirt suits important My wife and I have a tradition of popcorn and videos with our kids on Friday evenings. Ozwald Boateng friday wife kids In Los Angeles, I'm always in Fred Segal. It's become a ritual. I have lunch and then buy lots of things I don't need. Usually tons of clothes for the kids that they grow out of in 10 seconds. Ozwald Boateng clothes lunch kids When I started, department stores were either very fashion, or very tailored, so the two never mixed. I mixed it, and they said you're too tailored for fashion and too fashion for tailoring. So I had to move the market. So that's what I did. Ozwald Boateng fashion two moving You come to me and it's my job to make you look the best you can look. From an image point of view, would I prefer to dress Jude Law instead of Rolf Harris? Of course. But it's my job to make them both look great. Ozwald Boateng views law jobs Tailoring was considered to be a world that was very traditional, and basically going out of fashion. Fashion designers did not have a real link with tailoring or tradition, so I fused the two worlds together. Ozwald Boateng fashion real two If you're a designer, there's got to be some films that you've seen that have inspired you creatively. There's no escaping that. Ozwald Boateng escaping inspired film Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey. Ozwald Boateng color dark people When things happen - you ask yourself why today, why not tomorrow, why not yesterday? That's the most amazing thing about time. Ozwald Boateng why-not yesterday today Because I'm a designer, I'm quite good when I shop. I know what I'm looking for. Ozwald Boateng designer shops knows Film is such a very good tool for communicating emotions, and all designers and creative people look to inspire an emotional response. Ozwald Boateng emotional creative people Film has always been a really good tool for me to communicate emotion about why I create a collection. I'm probably one of the first designers to make short films. Ozwald Boateng emotion tools firsts I had a suit made for me when I was five. It was double-breasted, mohair and purple. My mother was very particular about clothing - it always used to have to go back into the plastic and it used to drive me insane. Ozwald Boateng purple insane mother I haven't been to a job interview since I was 16 years old. When I was approached by Givenchy it was more like a courtship. Ozwald Boateng interviews jobs years I'm doing a lot of things in Africa. I've formed a company with two friends of mine called Made In Africa and we are doing a lot of important things across the continent. Ozwald Boateng two-friends important made Similar Authors Brunello Cucinelli fashion-designer Bruce Oldfield fashion-designer Alice Temperley fashion-designer Anya Hindmarch fashion-designer Austin Scarlett fashion-designer Anne Klein fashion-designer All Authors
