A biography for Sophia Amorusohasn’t been written yet.
“I often say my naivete early on in my career worked in my favor.”
“I have three pieces of advice I want you to remember: Don't ever grow up. Don't become a bore. Don't let The Man get to you.”
“I want people to feel the freedom to be themselves.”
“Abandon anything in your life and habits that might be holding you back.”
“I think there are very few brands with a person's point of view behind them.”
“You can't convince someone else - whether it's a potential employer, a loan officer at the car dealership, or someone you've been crushing on - that you're amazing and terrific if you don't actually think you are.”
“A big practice in chaos magic is the use of sigils, which are abstract words or symbols you create and embed with your wishes.”
“I think it's important that everyone understands that there's no real prescription to having an awesome life.”
“Spell check exists for a reason.”
“Chaos magic is the idea that a particular set of beliefs serves as an active force in the world. In other words, we choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen... or not.”
“My entire youth has been Nasty Gal. My entire future is Nasty Gal.”
“I don't have a lot of style icons. There are not a lot of people today who I look to.”
“Everyone is told to go to high school and get good grades and go to college and get good grades and then get a job and then get a better job. There's no one really telling a story about how they totally blew it, and they figured it out.”
“I don't read fashion blogs all that much. I do read magazines, and I trust my friends' opinions, even though we all dress very differently.”
“Selling $500 shoes when you make $12 an hour is just an awkward economic juxtaposition.”
“I feel like there's so many places to shop today that just feel like an Excel spreadsheet put between four walls.”
“It was easy for me in my bathrobe to provide really great customer service. As an introvert, it's really much easier to do than when standing in a retail store.”
“At the bare minimum, you need to be in your position for a year before you ask for a raise or title change.”
“When I put on makeup, I'm not doing it to pander to antiquated patriarchal ideals of feminine beauty. I'm doing it because it makes mr feel good.”
“You are not a special snowflake.”