"To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common--this is my symphony." - William Henry Channing
That was his. This is mine:
Miuccia Prada
Fashion Week, 10 Years Later: A Bond Forged in Tragedy—NYTimes.com
It is but a small footnote to history that the 9/11 terrorist attacks happened on what was to have been the fourth day of New York Fashion Week for the spring 2002 season. Fifty-two collections had been shown since the preceding Saturday at events around the city, which was caught up, as usual, in an array of glamorous festivities.
The previous night, with the ground soaked after a daylong rainstorm, Marc Jacobs had held an extravagant runway show on a Hudson River pier near the West Village that culminated in an enormous outdoor party celebrating his latest fragrance. On Tuesday morning, Ms. Lange’s show was the 53rd, and last, to take place before Fashion Week was called off, the tents evacuated and the 73 remaining events canceled.
In the days that followed, many designers, as they struggled to make sense of their world and resume the daily business of fashion, arranged simple presentations in their showrooms. Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors, Oscar de la Renta, Calvin Klein and Donna Karan were among them. Mr. Lauren, in one of his offices on Seventh Avenue, wore a sweater with the American flag in intarsia, and told his audience: “I have always been inspired by America. I have always been inspired by its heroes.”
