Chris Benz Quotes & Sayings

As a designer looking to the future, you don't want to get lost in the archives. — Chris Benz

I'd call my work 'instinctual design.' I like to find the spirit of a piece that defies time, age, and occasion. My clothes give the wearer the chance to develop their own voice within a wardrobe, and I think of them as curators of their personal style. — Chris Benz

I remember watching 'The Carol Burnett Show' with my parents as a kid. All those weird outfits she wore, like turtlenecks and long skirts, really stayed in my head. — Chris Benz

I have a fleet of Rimowa Topas aluminum suitcases! They're all covered in stickers from around the world. — Chris Benz

Designers and musicians are primed to keep thinking forward. Once an album or collection launches, you can only think about doing the next one. — Chris Benz

I always like a woman in power in politics. I think they're pretty inspirational in terms of looks to begin with. It's very calculated. — Chris Benz

I particularly like Facebook because it straddles the gap between seeing people and not seeing them. — Chris Benz

There is a lack of humor in fashion. To me, it's always been the fun, cool industry to work in, and I always wanted people to be on my side and see how much fun we really have behind the scenes. — Chris Benz

Let me tell you, I'm not sure if America runs on donuts, but I sure do! Nothin' like a little simple sugar icing to get the blood pumping at 9:00 A.M. — Chris Benz

I went to Parsons. American sportswear was my education, and that is what is important to me. — Chris Benz

I have no problem with being underdressed. — Chris Benz

I used to sit in bed at night and flip through design-school catalogs. I found out that Parsons accepted a small number of high school juniors, so I applied my sophomore year and got in. — Chris Benz

I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, where it's all about being comfortable. I try to bring that undercurrent to what I do. It's great to have beautiful, dressed-up clothes that still feel casual. — Chris Benz

I feel like girls should dress down a little bit on the holidays, even though the instinct is to get really dressed up. — Chris Benz

I'm drawn to girls with a certain self-effacing, humorous quality and an innate independence and point of view. I love the notion of never taking yourself too seriously or being too put together. — Chris Benz

I have specific playlists for arrivals in different cities. Tokyo skews new wave, Paris more jazz, and New York is Top 40. — Chris Benz

The best part of fashion is the interns - having them or being one. — Chris Benz

I love how New York as an idea is less a paradigm of manifest destiny and more a romance for the social orphans of the world. We live here to be among the towers and the crowds. — Chris Benz

I often feel like Facebook is a giant friend portfolio, and sometimes it can be a much more socially appropriate way of contacting a person as compared with texting or telephone. And never mind the fact that it's integrated into the iPhone. Makes me crazy in a super good way. — Chris Benz

Growing up in Seattle, I was always that kid who didn't subscribe to what everyone else was wearing. — Chris Benz

Life in New York is one of succumbing to a tidal wave of control and direction, of numbing oneself to emotion. — Chris Benz

I feel like everyone should dye their hair a weird color. If you hate it, you can just dye it back. — Chris Benz

I love the challenge of taking colors that are totally disparate and making them work together in an interesting way. — Chris Benz

I'm always inspired by all of my friends. I aspire to make clothes that my friends would want to wear, that they would gravitate towards anyway. — Chris Benz

I think Seattle has a great sort of luxury and comfort sensibility, which I oftentimes think is lost in fashion for fashion's sake. — Chris Benz

I always knew I wanted to start my own line. Nights and weekends, I would work on my business plan. — Chris Benz

While at Parsons, I interned at Marc Jacobs, which was great. When I graduated, I went to work at J. Crew; that was also really great. — Chris Benz

I interned with Marc Jacobs in college, then worked at J. Crew. I learned a lot about how to fit clothes and what kinds of things sell and why. — Chris Benz