Quotes from Zac Posen

There's something very old-fashioned and luxurious to have a pair of pants and jacket made to your needs and measurements.

I think that maybe growing up and being dyslexic early on, the visual quality of cookbooks specifically was something very enticing to me.

There's nothing wrong with being pretty.

I eat everything, but I moderate; I try to be semiconscious. I don't eat pasta every day, although people who follow my Instagram think I do.

I personally love grilling, but it's a 15- to 20-minute commitment in entertaining.

Creative burnout and physical burnout is real. I mean, there are moments when I get home - after overseeing, you know, almost 16 collections a year - where I can't move.

I want to make things of quality. I'm a big believer in handmade, tactile, crafted pieces. I want to keep that tradition alive.

Everybody wants to be a star right now, to be heard, to have a voice, so you have to give the confidence for people to have that ability - and give them the wardrobe to become a star.

Fashion is a pay-to-play game; this is an industry. At a certain point, you must bridge a gap where you are supporting the reviewer, the publication, and that is very real.

To be able to buy a plant and plant it, that's a luxury to me.

I am a compulsive and concise shopper.

The biggest thing politically within fashion is that the clothing should be displayed on different body shapes.

The way I cut my clothing... it is about empowerment and loving the curves of the body.

As an object itself, to me, books today are such a rare entity - I want mine to be something where, if left on the kitchen table, a child could pick it up. It can visually tell a story.

When I first got to Brooks Brothers, my mom told me she remembered how upsetting it was trying to find professional clothes in the eighties. Suits would either be over-stylized or frumpy, so she said, 'Make sure it's tailored properly.'

Taking sartorial risks and not following other people is what makes you stand out.

There's not one major greatest influence on my career. It would be film and great artists and great imagineers - Jim Henson, Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin, people who understand the joy of the imagination.

I don't believe in one ideal beauty.

As a little boy, my mom would bake with me on the weekends - that was our time together.

Obviously, I like very beautiful food, because I think as delicious as food has to taste, it also has to look very beautiful - the process of presentation is very important.

I like films that probe emotional questions and inspire you to get creative and get writing, get draping, painting, cooking, whatever that thing is where you have that kind of output.

Authenticity from a person and product is absolutely essential.

There is no reason for me to show my collection in New York, because it's not about craft and technique there.

People who devote themselves to a life of style are admirable.