A biography for Jonathan Andersonhasn’t been written yet.
“The minute you can be predicted, as a brand, you've got a problem.”
“I love jeans, T-shirts, and things you can jazz up and down, a bit of a mish-mash.”
“In London, what I do on the weekend is be a person and have my own life. In Paris, it is going from this hotel to the office and back again. But I love it.”
“When I started at Loewe, I took a year out before we did a collection because I felt we needed to work out all the fundamentals. The pencils, the door handles, the style of the press release, the stone of the buildings, the choice of photographer.”
“I grew up in Northern Ireland, in the middle of nowhere, and when you are poor, you are really poor. And when you are rich, you are very rich. This is not a new phenomenon.”
“The team I have to work with at Loewe is incredible, from the architect to the archivist.”
“I think I am obsessed with Lucie Rie. I love the way she collaborated with Miyake, who for me is probably the most important fashion designer of the 20th century.”
“Sometimes you fall out of love with what you do. Some days, you wake up and wish you worked on a farm.”
“I wasn't very good at school and appalling at English.”
“Britain and America are two examples where social media will only show you what you like.”
“I was very into swimming, but I was never into contact sports. I think it was because I knew I wasn't going to get damaged.”
“I always think the great thing about shirting is that it goes with jeans, and jeans are probably the most modern, functional garment that ever existed. That is what is so great about shirting - it is an up-play-down-play.”
“My brother and sister were very sporty. They all did rugby. I was very into performing arts. I went to the National Youth Music Theatre. I was one of those singing, clapping children.”
“When I do a fashion show, it's not done until it exits out of the door.”
“I've realised that when fashion is really good and really challenges and takes a risk, it is incredibly artistically powerful. It makes people dream.”
“If you're going to collect things because you think they have value, then don't collect. For me, you have to be obsessed, and there has to be something educational.”
“Acting is about portraying something... that dedication or learning the script of it is really important in really getting to know a topic.”
“I'm Irish, working for a Spanish brand, owned by a French company.”
“Fashion is an archetype: you're trying to build a silhouette, and that is very similar to building up a building because you're trying to create a new structure, a new proportion, a new shape, and you're using a material to cut which is a bit mathematical. That idea of finding something new in terms of proportion is something that drives me.”
“I'm really into very 'naive craft,' like Second World War playing cards.”