Quotes By Rachel Roy

The beautiful 1940s women were a strong influence for me.

I'm not a size 0, and I'm nowhere close to it. But, I don't want anyone to know what I am so I like to design clothes so you don't know what's going on under there.

I'm a big proponent of young women dressing appropriately in the workplace to get ahead. We need to demand respect as women, and part of that involves how we present ourselves.

I care about how you feel when you're wearing something, because I think that if you feel confident, you look beautiful.

I'm not only passionate about dressing women and helping them feel and look their best, but also about helping to give a stronger voice to women and children in need around the world.

I dress women the way I see them and the way I envision them from day one, thus my customer knows that what she is looking for she will get.

I have a real passion for many aspects of home lifestyle and beauty.

Not everyone has to be a model and a designer, there are so many other options that are great and long-lasting. It's just finding what you're good at and being honest with yourself.

I find I'm an old soul.

I am really focused on how I can improve myself and the world around me.

I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.

At the end of the day, I want to create collections that, although I am inspired by very creative women, I want my customer to walk away with a silhouette that she doesn't even know what collection it comes from. That it just lasts in her wardrobe and makes her feel strong and confident and hopefully happy.

I would not invest in any shoe that is too trendy.

I believe clothing tell a story.

I can't design anything unless I'm excited by it, meaning I have an urge to wear it.

When I look at pictures when I was younger, I do the quintessential cringe.

I always keep a woman's body in mind, accentuating her best features.

I have known that I wanted to be a designer since I was 8 years old.

I have always admired the way women put outfits together.

Someone's energy and aura and soul are so much more important - they don't compare to what you have on.

My first job was in retail at the age of 14, and I have worked in the industry ever since.

When you have children love is always there in the best form.

There's nothing wrong with looking like a woman and going in the workplace and doing everything a man can do but looking 1,000 percent like a lady.

Women should wear clothing. Clothing shouldn't wear them.

You should always feel confident in everything you wear, no matter what trend you fit or don't fit into.

I don't think that everything that's popular is necessarily right for every body and so I'd like for girls to be confident enough to make the right choice for themselves and to look unique.

I think that women can tend to look so feminine so easily. So it's interesting to see how we can look masculine and strong, too.

I tell girls all the time that the men that have fallen in love with me, have all fallen during a man repeller stage... funny how life works out like that.

If a great outfit gets you one step closer to feeling good about yourself, then it's worth every penny.

I think that a woman wears so many hats, we have so many aspects to us that we're not just one thing. We represent so much within us and that kind of comes across for me as a designer through mixing prints and colors.