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
Geoffrey Beene quotes about
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.
ballroom fabric
One thing I've always believed, ... is that menswear fabric can go into the ballroom as well.
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,
bores concubines concealed
The greatest concubines in history knew that everything revealed with nothing concealed is a bore.
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.
unforgettable unimaginable
The unimaginable always becomes the unforgettable.
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.