I'm always inspired by all of my friends. I aspire to make clothes that my friends would want to wear, that they would gravitate towards anyway.

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• Chris Benz:

  I remember watching 'The Carol Burnett Show' with my parents as a kid. All those weird outfits she

• Chris Benz:

  I'd call my work 'instinctual design.' I like to find the spirit of a piece that defies time, age,

• Chris Benz:

  As a designer looking to the future, you don't want to get lost in the archives.

• Chris Benz:

  I went to Parsons. American sportswear was my education, and that is what is important to me.

• Chris Benz:

  I have no problem with being underdressed.

• Chris Benz:

  While at Parsons, I interned at Marc Jacobs, which was great. When I graduated, I went to work at J

• Chris Benz:

  I feel like everyone should dye their hair a weird color. If you hate it, you can just dye it back.

• Chris Benz:

  There is a lack of humor in fashion. To me, it's always been the fun, cool industry to work in, and

• Chris Benz:

  I feel like girls should dress down a little bit on the holidays, even though the instinct is to ge

• Chris Benz:

  I'm drawn to girls with a certain self-effacing, humorous quality and an innate independence and po