John Varvatos famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I grew up in a very small house with five brothers and sisters and my parents, all with one little bathroom. And from as early as I can remember, seven, eight years old, I was listening to music to get a way from it all. Then the discovery of all this amazing stuff that became more than just getting away from it, it became a part of my DNA.
-- John Varvatos

#Brother #Eight #Dna
No matter what though, there's always rock & roll. There's rock 'n' roll in hip-hop, there's rock & roll in pop music, there's rock 'n' roll in soul, there's rock 'n' roll in country. When you see people dress and their style has an edge to it, that rebellious edge that bubbles up in every genre, that's rock & roll. Everybody still wants to be a rock star.
-- John Varvatos

#Country #Stars #Rocks
Success is a funny thing. It means different things to different people. For me, I am always pleased when people connect to our brand. It means we are executing in a manner that speaks to a wide variety of businesses.
-- John Varvatos

#Mean #Funny Things #People
I spent a lot of years working for Ralph Lauren, and he had so many copycats, from Tommy Hilfiger to Abercrombie & Fitch to J.Crew.
-- John Varvatos

#Years #Copycats #Lauren
I collect vintage vinyl records.
-- John Varvatos

#Vintage #Records #Vinyl
Bruno Mars is pretty fashionable. Gary Clarck Junior, who was also in our ad with Jimmy Page, is a super super stylish guy.
-- John Varvatos

#Guy #Mars #Pages
You haven't seen me in my own ads. You don't see my logo all over my clothes. From the beginning, I wanted the clothes to stand on their own.
-- John Varvatos

#Clothes #Logos #Wanted
The shirt may be cut slimmer or looser, the suit might be darker or lighter, the sneakers might not have laces, but you're still talking about shirts and suits and sneakers.
-- John Varvatos

#Cutting #Talking #Sneakers
Our philosophy is about reaching back to move forward. We have something different to say with a sensibility that is both old and new.
-- John Varvatos

#Philosophy #Moving #Different
I loved the MC5 and the Stooges, but also, the British Invasion - the Kinks and the Yardbirds - and then Led Zeppelin, of course. Alice Cooper was one of my favorite bands.
-- John Varvatos

#Bird #Band #Zeppelins
A part of my kind of design and inspiration ethos is that I carry around a leather notebook and I sketch in it, doodle in it, write notes in it, and I put pictures in it.
-- John Varvatos

#Notebook #Inspiration #Writing

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