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Chris Benz Quotes

American - Designer | 1982 -

As a designer looking to the future, you don't want to get lost in the archives.

Future Looking You Lost Want Get

I used to sit in bed at night and flip through design-school catalogs. I found out that Parsons accepted a small number of high school juniors, so I applied my sophomore year and got in.

School Night Small High School Year

I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, where it's all about being comfortable. I try to bring that undercurrent to what I do. It's great to have beautiful, dressed-up clothes that still feel casual.

Beautiful Great Feel Clothes Try Up

I love the challenge of taking colors that are totally disparate and making them work together in an interesting way.

Work Love Challenge Together Colors

I'm always inspired by all of my friends. I aspire to make clothes that my friends would want to wear, that they would gravitate towards anyway.

Friends Clothes Want Always Aspire

I remember watching 'The Carol Burnett Show' with my parents as a kid. All those weird outfits she wore, like turtlenecks and long skirts, really stayed in my head.

Parents Weird Remember Long She Kid

I'd call my work 'instinctual design.' I like to find the spirit of a piece that defies time, age, and occasion. My clothes give the wearer the chance to develop their own voice within a wardrobe, and I think of them as curators of their personal style.

Work Age Time Style Chance Think

I went to Parsons. American sportswear was my education, and that is what is important to me.

Education Me American Important

I have no problem with being underdressed.

Problem Being No Problem

While at Parsons, I interned at Marc Jacobs, which was great. When I graduated, I went to work at J. Crew; that was also really great.

Work Great Crew Which Really While

I feel like everyone should dye their hair a weird color. If you hate it, you can just dye it back.

Hate Hair Color Weird Feel You

There is a lack of humor in fashion. To me, it's always been the fun, cool industry to work in, and I always wanted people to be on my side and see how much fun we really have behind the scenes.

Work Humor Fun People Cool Fashion

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