Bruce Oldfield Quotes

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Fashion is more usually a gentle progression of revisited ideas.

Bruce Oldfield

I come from very humble origins, so the last thing I would ever do is to look down my nose at people who can't afford to come here to my shop. Even I can't afford to come here and I know what I earn.

Bruce Oldfield

I keep on working when other people are out having fun. But I love what I do and find it hard to stop.

Bruce Oldfield

Don't be limited by the expectations of others. You can always be better and do more.

Bruce Oldfield

When asked the way he would like to be remembered:

As someone who tried hard and, hopefully, did a good job.

Bruce Oldfield

Never cut corners, or accept anything that's second-rate.

When asked about the philosophy that underpins his life

Bruce Oldfield

A large part of my skills lie in being able to recognize a woman's body and instinctively know how to enhance their figure.

Bruce Oldfield

My aim was, and is, to flatter. It always has been. My clothes do well because they've got structure - they look soft on the outside but they're hard on the inside, they've got things to pull you in, bottoms and tummies etc, and people like that.

Bruce Oldfield

My aim is to make you look the best you can and if that means a little bit of internal pulling and hoisting up, then so be it.

Bruce Oldfield

I think that Saint Laurent was probably the master of enhancing the feminine form. I mean, OK, it was sometimes a bit androgynous, but I do think he knew about femininity. I think he liked women... whereas there are others who quite clearly didn't.

Bruce Oldfield