Isaac Mizrahi (born October 14, 1961) is an American fashion designer, TV presenter, and creative director of Xcel Brands. He is best known for his eponymous fashion lines. Read full biography of Isaac Mizrahi →
You're not working with models, you're working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy.
This is what I like about being a designer: You can't really get it until you see it.
If you try to have a fashion show with Bach fugues and John Coltrane, it doesn't really work.
All I want are high heels, high heels. If I was a girl, I'd wear a lot of high heels. High, stiletto heels.
I'm so involved in melancholy.
In Paris, it used to feel like you were living in a museum. As beautiful as it was, it's still limited. But here you have just everything.
Sometimes I'm really dressed up, and it really turns me on.
I'd love to talk to Joaquin Phoenix because he's a very private guy. Also, he's creating a new kind of sexy leading man. To me, his face... →
Either it works or it doesn't.
Half the time I don't even think about it, I just throw something on because I'm so late or so busy.
I don't like people to feel completely described by the clothes they wear of mine. I want them to feel that they're describing themselves.
I'd love to talk to Angelina Jolie. On my show I would love her because she's a mysterious, mysterious figure.
Most of my life I was occupied with American television and American food. My ethnicity was my choice. It still is.
Isaac Mizrahi (born October 14, 1961) is an American fashion designer, TV presenter, and creative director of Xcel Brands. He is best known for his eponymous fashion lines.