Francisco Costa Professions : Fashion designer Born : May 10, 1964 Browse All Authors Top 46 quotes by Francisco Costa Right after high school, I moved to Rio and took classes to become a technician for a manufacturing factory where you had to figure out how to produce 3,000 pairs of jeans. But in Rio, I was by myself, which was very liberating, being so young. I got to do my own thing. Francisco Costa myself you my-own school I wonder if I would have been less organic of a designer without my background. Maybe I would be more academic about designing, more methodical. I want things to be a certain way, and I'm very precise, but school itself wasn't that relevant for me. Francisco Costa me wonder way school My mom, she was unbelievable. She ran the whole town. She was like the mayor. There would be 15 people eating at our lunch table. She'd drag people from the street. Francisco Costa lunch mom eating people Rio was a period of my life, and then, poof, I'm gone. I was very young living here, just kind of floating. New York was a foundation for everything I do today. Rio was the bridge. Francisco Costa bridge my-life today life When people ask me what it is about Brazil and my work, it's not something that I can say literally. It's unidentifiable. It's like when you do research and things inspire you. If you're smart enough, then obviously you don't take it literally. The inspiration will come out later somehow. Francisco Costa me you work people I think the women that we dress, the women who buy our clothes, they have a certain strength. It could be about the clothes, it could be about themselves. It's just attractive. Francisco Costa dress women clothes strength 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