Store at Bowery Street 315, New York Bottle of John Varvatos VINTAGE Model wearing items from theJohn Varvatos Collection Fall/Winter 2010/11 John Varvatos is an American contemporary menswear designer. Read full biography of John Varvatos →
My passion in life, besides my family, was always music. From the time I was a kid, I was obsessed. I'm like the ultimate fan.
People will always have their opinions; I've come to learn whose matter.
The great thing about living in New York is the constant change of things. It inspires me to keep moving, push forward, question ideas.
The music alone wasn't enough. It was great, but when an artist had an amazing look - like the MC5, or the Stooges, or Alice Cooper - you really... →
When I started working in fashion, I didn't have money to buy photographs, so I'd Xerox pictures from magazines and put them in notebooks.... →
I enjoy looking at old photos of some of my favorite rock icons, but also get inspired from the younger bands that are coming up and really creating... →
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... →
I never wanted to be the face of the brand. You haven't seen me in my own ads. You don't see my logo all over my clothes. From the beginning... →
When I think of artists that I would have loved to work with, it's Jimi Hendrix. And Steve McQueen. He's not a rock star, but he's kind... →
When you do men's wear, it's less about thinking outside the box than about pushing the walls of the box outward. Men want to be... →
Women tell me they won't date a guy with bad shoes. There are good-looking guys with good-looking outfits, and then really bad-looking square toe... →
Store at Bowery Street 315, New York Bottle of John Varvatos VINTAGE Model wearing items from theJohn Varvatos Collection Fall/Winter 2010/11 John Varvatos is an American contemporary menswear designer.