Anna Dello Russo’s 17 Best Quotes

“You need a FASHION SHOWER.”

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She’s often photographed by street style bloggers like The Sartorialist and Tommy Ton, but Anna also keeps a blog of her own chock full of wisdom. The tagline is “I don’t want to be cool. I want to be fashion!” She seems like she has both under control. Photo from New York Fashion Week, February 2011.

Source: thesartorialist.com

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Quote from a 2010 piece in New York magazine. Pictured with street style photographer Tommy Ton in 2011.

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Quote from a photoshoot for The Coveteur, March 2012. Photo from Milan, July 2011.

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Quote from a December 2010 interview with The Guardian. Pictured with her dog Cucciolina in Milan, 2011.

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5. “Fashion is always uncomfortable. When you get comfortable, you never get the look.”

Video available at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=zXRmWzi2ne4.

From the 2012 ad campaign for her new H&M line. The chorus goes, “You need a fashion shower.”

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Quote from an interview with PAPER, September 2011. Photo from NY Fashion Week, February 2011

Source: thesartorialist.com

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Quote from “10 Rules for Accessories.” Photo from Paris, July 2012. (The luggage pictured is from her H&M line.)

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Quote from a February 2010 piece in New York magazine. Photo from New York, September 2010.

Source: thesartorialist.com

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Like we ALL do. Quote from The Cut, February 2012. Photo from New York Fashion Week, September 2010.

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Quote from “10 Front Row Rules” (also Oscar Wilde). Photo from Paris, September 2010.

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Quote from a December 2010 interview with The Guardian. Photo from Paris, December 2011.

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Quote from a September 2010 interview with The Daily Beast. Photo from NY Fashion Week, September 2012.

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Quote from an interview with The Telegraph UK, June 2012. Photo from NY Fashion Week, 2012.

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Quote from “10 Top Rules for Accessories.” Photo from Paris Fashion Week, March 2012.

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Quote from “10 Rules for Sales.” Photo from Met Gala, May 2011.

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Quote from an interview with The Telegraph UK, June 2012. Photo from Milan Fashion Week, June 2012.

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Fashion is also larger-than-life gilded cherries. Quote from a September 2010 interview with The Daily Beast.

Source: papermag.com