L'Wren Scott

L'Wren for Harper's Bazaar // February 2013

"She made people feel special. She seemed warm and funny and sort of sympathetic. She would put her hand on your shoulder or an arm around you. Women loved her. She was a girls girl." -Joanna Coles about L'Wren ✨ {#lwrenscott}

"I am always drawing very specific inspiration when I’m designing a collection, whether it’s a trip, a work of art or a book I’ve read. So it’s all about the mind and the eye, and traveling in your memories. And your sense of smell can really jog these memories. I love going to spice markets, old perfume shops, to different countries and knowing that the first thing you are greeted with is this new amazing smell, which is a memory that stays with you."-L'Wren✨{#lwrenscott}

"I'm obsessed with them" (L'Wren says about Manolo Blahniks) despite the fact that last September she was knocked off her Manolos by a careless passerby and ended up with a broken elbow, a fractured wrist and torn knee ligament. "The most depressing part about my accident was that I couldn't wear a heel for six months. I was more freaked out about that than the fact that I could hardly move" -L'Wren 1999 ✨{#lwrenscott}

"It's a personal thing. Obviously I have two names for a reason, and they're not invented" -L'Wren✨ {#lwrenscott}

Q: Are you a smokey somthin'? A: "I used to smoke until I realized it stunts your growth. Then I stopped immediately" -L'Wren ✨{#lwrenscott}

Q: What's your earliest London memory? A: "How daunting taking the Tube was when I was 17 years old." -L'Wren ✨{#lwrenscott}

"I'm a fashion designer... I don't want to be known for being someone's girlfriend." -L'Wren || new blog post in bio about why L'Wren needs feminism 💖 go read! {#lwrenscott}

"We arranged to meet for a cuppa at the store restaurant. I spotted her across a crowded room. Coiffed, be-suited, and perfectly maquillaged, L’Wren recalled the glam artifice of the prewar Hollywood studio system. Upon introduction, she rose from her chair, and she just kept rising, and rising. At 6 foot 4 plus heels, she was the tallest chick I had ever met. Staring up at her from my 5-foot-4-inch vantage point, I felt like the bemused mother in the famous Diane Arbus photo of the giant and his parents. Right from the start we developed a playful badinage centered on the colossal discrepancy in our respective heights: “Come and see me while you are in L.A.,” purred L’Wren, “Feel free to use the cat door.” -Simon Doonan about L'Wren ✨// side note: I always thought these photographs were strikingly similar and there's over a decade of a difference so I edited them together @simon_doonan {#lwrenscott #simondoonan}

"I like to think of myself as an idea person. I love being behind the scenes - collaborating with others and organizing things" -L'Wren ✨{#lwrenscott}

“She’s my stepmother,” she said with a laugh, before adding of the clothes, “I love the color and the cut and the combo of the two.” -Jade Jagger ✨{#lwrenscott #jadejagger}

"If you're L'Wren Scott and you decide to do something you do everything you can to succeed" -L'Wren✨ {#lwrenscott}

Two Morticias?

#womensequalityday || "Women have so many options these days. I say we're freer not to marry, to not have kids, to not do anything we don't want to do" -L'Wren ✨{#lwrenscott}