Most of my life I was occupied with American television and American food. My ethnicity was my choice. It still is. – Isaac Mizrahi
This is what I like about being a designer: You cant really get it until you see it. – Isaac Mizrahi
Youre not working with models, youre working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy. – Isaac Mizrahi
Even though I grew up as a Sephardic Jew in Brooklyn where we ate Syrian food and went to temple, it was still America. – Isaac Mizrahi
Southeast Asia food uses many different types of spices which are quite new to me, like the curry leaves which I saw at the Kreta Ayer wet market in Chinatown. With such spices used in cooking, this usually imparts a strong aroma to Southeast Asian food, which appeals to the senses. – Joel Robuchon