I have always loved sneakers and sweaters, and I wear a lot of them. And a good t-shirt or a pair of jeans can make you feel so good. Garance Dore More Quotes by Garance Dore More Quotes From Garance Dore I think I always keep coming back to certain pieces, the idea of essential, elegant, easy wardrobe. Garance Dore essentials ideas thinking If you are trying to sell someone your idea and you can't even define it to yourself, then that is a problem. Garance Dore problem trying ideas I have always loved sneakers and sweaters, and I wear a lot of them. And a good t-shirt or a pair of jeans can make you feel so good. And then I love great coats, and I pay a lot of attention to them and own a lot of them. I think a great piece of outerwear can really make you stand out. Garance Dore sneakers jeans thinking I still love when any editor today says, "it's so cool what you do", or "you inspired me". All these little things make you realize that people are reading your site and that you have an influence. Garance Dore reading today people It is never a good idea to not be comfortable. Garance Dore good-ideas comfortable ideas My favorite, and the author I wish I was reading right now and always is Nora Ephron. I love the humor, the awareness, the sense of self-deprecation. She is such a role model to me. Garance Dore role-models reading self I love breakfast, so I'd probably spend a long time on that. And breakfast food matters so I'd make sure it is the best food - great fruit and such. Garance Dore breakfast-food matter long In general I try to spend the mornings connecting and keeping things organized, and then try and do more creative work in the afternoons. Garance Dore creative morning trying My work has gotten a bit strange. I do consulting, and people ask, "Could you give me your opinion on this, and could you take a picture?" And I've been approached by a lot of magazines, but I'm trying to take it slowly. In fact, I'm part of the first generation of photographers who don't have to depend on magazines because we have our own media and everyone sees our photos. Garance Dore trying giving people When I don't have anything to say, I don't publish. Rather than posting something that's not very interesting, it's best to wait until you have something that really inspires you and makes you laugh. Garance Dore waiting laughing interesting I'm very interested in fashion shows. For me they're at the center of everything. What happens on the side, that's the energy - it's fashion week - but fashion shows are at the heart of it. I function more like a stylist. I'm inspired, and then I try to find it on the street. What's great about a blog is that you can do completely crazy things like take the moustache shoes Marc Jacobs did for Louis Vuitton for spring and talk about what that has to do with moustaches. In fashion, what people are looking for is inspiration and new ideas all the time. Garance Dore fashion crazy spring It is still important that every project I do I do something real, that feels true to me. Garance Dore projects important real The author I wish I was reading right now and always is Nora Ephron. I love the humor, the awareness, the sense of self-deprecation. She is such a role model to me. Garance Dore role-models reading self The touring makes you take a step back. It makes you realize how your lifestyle has changed. You spend all this time inside, alone, writing. And then it becomes about travel and new places and new people. And I do love talking to people about the book, but ideally, I like a little less disruptive lifestyle, I like it when things are more organized. Garance Dore writing talking book I love great coats, and I pay a lot of attention to them and own a lot of them. Garance Dore coats pay attention Margaritas are my favorite. And my fiance makes them just perfect. Garance Dore margarita my-favorite perfect In some ways, there's no typical day with all the shoots and travel and projects, but I do try and stop by my studio every day. Garance Dore typical trying way With the business growing, work has become a little more detached from my life. But in the start, before I had a separate studio and a team, everything happened in my house and it was hard to separate the two. Garance Dore team house two The touring makes you take a step back. It makes you realize how your lifestyle has changed. Garance Dore lifestyle realizing steps You spend all this time inside, alone, writing. And then it becomes about travel and new places and new people. And I do love talking to people about the book, but ideally, I like a little less disruptive lifestyle, I like it when things are more organized. Garance Dore writing talking book
