My chemistry teacher wanted me to do chemistry, and my art teacher wanted me to do art. Fashion seemed like a good in-between – using your brain but being creative. Maria Cornejo Read Quote
As a kid, I always used to make clothes. My grandmother made everything with me – she taught me how to knit. Maria Cornejo Read Quote
My own personal tweets are very limited. I think I have, like, 68 followers on my personal Twitter. Maria Cornejo Read Quote
Before I started my company in 1998, I worked for big companies traveling a lot and saw firsthand how much waste there was. I was flying across the world in first class to places like Italy or Hong Kong, where I was staying in 5-star hotels, only to nickel and dime someone over a sweater price. Maria Cornejo Read Quote
My mother had her dresses made. In those days in Chile, the early ’70s, people had dressmakers make their things. With the leftovers, my sister and I always had a matching outfit. She had an outfit, we had the mini version. That was the very late ’60s, early ’70s way to dress your kids. Maria Cornejo Read Quote
Sexiness today is not about having a perfect body and wearing a tight mini skirt; it’s about what you don’t show that’s truly sexy. Maria Cornejo Read Quote
