Latest Francisco Costa Quotes from Interviews

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• I like cold. I really like to go to cold towns. I love gray. I love winter.

  Francisco Costa

  Winter, Cold

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I only do what I do. For me, it is a craft. It's got to be my own thing - otherwise, I would never be successful. I could easily go to the archives and pull 1987 or 1991 collection by Calvin Klein. But when you look in there, you realize that it was never about one piece. It was about the collections as bodies of work.

  Francisco Costa

  Successful, One Piece, Realizing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I don't love reading so much, but I love book shopping. It's just because I don't have much time.

  Francisco Costa

  Reading, Book, Love Of Reading

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• You can't compare us, but I do think that Calvin Klein influenced his way of working. Calvin created this whole aesthetic with imagery - the whole sex thing. I can see that Calvin influence on his work. What Calvin has created is untouchable. My legacy, whatever it is I'm doing here, is miniscule compared to what he has done. It's just like an update deal.

  Francisco Costa

  Thinking, Legacy, Done

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• It's so hard to actually find that niche for yourself. It's like when Nicolas Ghesquiére found Balenciaga. I hate to sound esoteric, but there is something about a house that leads you to that one chair, that one corner, where you just sit and feel comfortable. I feel very comfortable at Calvin Klein. My name is associated with it enough, and we have a fantastic team here.

  Francisco Costa

  Team, Hate, House

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• You think of luxury when you think of Calvin Klein. He created this lifestyle that's really desirable, so our whole project has that quality of being lasting.

  Francisco Costa

  Thinking, Quality, Lifestyle

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I could never before say that I loved color or that I understood color. But Oscar de la Renta opened up a side of my brain.

  Francisco Costa

  Brain

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I didn't even have a portfolio, but I went to Tom Ford the next morning. He said, "I'd love you to come in with me. Get a lawyer." It was quite exciting, obviously, because it was a complete departure. But mind you, what he was looking for was the exact opposite of what I thought. My first collection for him was Cher-inspired. It was flower trousers, California, hippie cool, all the stuff I did at Oscar. It was making me sick. I wanted to see the other side of the spectrum. Tom was always very secure about the way he did things, so it was quite interesting for me.

  Francisco Costa

  Morning, Flower, Love You

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Mid-'80s in New York was fantastic. I remember my first Gay Pride parade in the city. Where I grew up was very sheltered, so when I got to the city, there was this freedom and so much happening. At the same time, there was this pressure of AIDS and everything else. New York is so different today.

  Francisco Costa

  Gay, Pride, Today

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I wasn't a club kid. I wasn't an artist. I was just a foreigner, trying to soak it all up. I had quite a lot of fun.

  Francisco Costa

  Fun, Kids, Artist

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• My mom. She was quite a character. Open-minded. It was a very small town, and she started her own business, manufacturing children's wear. She was very dynamic. Her death was like the umbilical cord being cut. That's when I moved to America.

  Francisco Costa

  Mom, Character, Cutting

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I didn't know who Calvin Klein was, really. But Brooke Shields, we knew her from those incredible commercials - "There's nothing between me and my Calvins." I knew very little about American fashion then. I had no money, and Charivari was very educational to me. And Parachute. I was fascinated by those stores. I couldn't buy anything; I just went through the clothes.

  Francisco Costa

  Fashion, Educational, Incredibles

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• My birthday is May 10. I'm so Taurus, you would not even believe. All the Tauruses I know have this connection to the earth and the environment. We are very curious people, very loyal, very aware of and respectful of our surroundings. Also we're stubborn, but that's our way. We understand what we want, which is not bad.

  Francisco Costa

  Believe, People, My Birthday

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com