Geoffrey Beene
Geoffrey Beene
Geoffrey Beenewas an American fashion designer. Beene was one of New York's most famous fashion designers, recognized for his artistic and technical skills and for creating simple, comfortable and dressy women's wear...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth30 August 1924
CityHayensville, LA
CountryUnited States of America
american-designer revelation taking
Designis a revelation to me. It's like taking something that is not alive and giving it form, shape, substance, and life.
acceptable analyzed clothes designs maybe meaningful modernity past realized ten
I've analyzed most of my designs in the past ten years ... and I never realized that I use so little fabric. I think that's the part of modernity that the more you can design with the less, maybe the more acceptable or the more meaningful clothes are.
design fabrics select
Before I ever think of a design I have to select the fabrics, so fabrics actually are the inspiration for any collection.
design
Design is an unknown.
giving design substance
Designs are a revelation to me. It's like taking something that is not alive and giving it form, shape, substance, and life.
feel-better people design
The whole point of design is to make people feel better about themselves.
boots collection except flat hardly heel high longer soft tailored
There are a lot of very, very soft boots on the collection because of the longer lengths of the dresses. There are very flat heels. There's hardly a high heel for day except in the very tailored suits.
black favorite jackets white
Some of my favorite things are the white jackets with the black zippers, that just zip and that's it.
ballroom fabric
One thing I've always believed, ... is that menswear fabric can go into the ballroom as well.
collection offer option pieces putting simplify together woman
I really went out of my way to simplify the collection and offer many, many different pieces so that a woman would have the option of putting together as much as she would like or not.
clothing good piece protected
It started with an apron, and then the bib. And it was like a piece of clothing that protected what was under it. Well, I think it's a pretty good theory,
hate clothes looks
I hate clothes that look saleable. I love when they look desirable.
unforgettable unimaginable
The unimaginable always becomes the unforgettable.
clothes looks should
Clothes should look as if a woman was born into them. It is a form of possession, this belonging to one another.