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Love Actually, CFDA Style

February 14, 2017

Genevieve Ernst

If you’ll excuse the generalization, fashion designers are exceptionally passionate people. Is it the conviction and entrepreneurial spirit it takes to bring their creativity to life? Is it the need for inspiration that drives them to constantly seek out new art, music and literature, as well as diverse people and places? Whatever the source, we often find ourselves admiring the passion of our members, and the fashion community as a whole.

So, on the occasion of both Valentine’s Day and New York Fashion Week: Women’s – when so much of that creativity and passion is on display – CFDA asked a few Members to share the words of love that inspire them most, whether they come from culture or their own lives.

 

Waris Ahluwalia

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” -Rumi

 

Zac Posen

“Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.” -Robert Frost

 

Gigi Burris

“We are so lightly here. It is in love that we are made. In love we disappear.” -Leonard Cohen

 

Whitney Pozgay

“Love is in imperfections and quirks.”

 

Diane von Furstenberg

“Love is life is love…”

 

Brett Heyman

“Before the day I met you, life was so unkind. But you’re the key to my peace of mind.” -Aretha Franklin

Photo by Leandro Justen/BFA.com

Brett Heyman
Diane von Furstenberg
Gigi Burris
NFYW
Valentines Day
Waris Ahluwalia
Whitney Pozgay
Zac Posen

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