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Daily Inspiration Quote by Shawn Ashmore

"No designer has really wowed me yet, I'm into other people's recommendations when it comes to fashion"

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There is a quiet recalibration of celebrity power in Shawn Ashmore's line: he refuses the expected script where an actor performs taste as another kind of role. "No designer has really wowed me yet" isn’t a grand dismissal of fashion so much as a way of shrinking the stakes. In an economy where endorsements are currency, the lack of awe reads as both personal preference and strategic distance: he won’t be easily turned into a billboard, or at least he won’t sound eager to be.

The second half does more work. "I'm into other people's recommendations" frames style not as genius or obsession, but as delegation. Subtext: fashion is a social practice, not a solitary art. He’s locating his taste in a network (stylists, friends, partners, cultural mood) and admitting that he’s receptive to guidance. That humility plays well in an era that’s suspicious of performative connoisseurship; it also signals pragmatism from a working actor whose job is visibility, not couture scholarship.

Context matters: menswear celebrity culture often rewards two extremes, the peacock and the minimalist who claims not to care. Ashmore threads a third lane. He’s not anti-fashion; he’s anti-hype. The result is a persona that feels approachable and low-drama, while still leaving the door open to being dressed well. It’s a soft rejection of the myth that taste must be innate, and a reminder that "style" is often just well-curated listening.

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Ashmore, Shawn. (2026, January 17). No designer has really wowed me yet, I'm into other people's recommendations when it comes to fashion. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/no-designer-has-really-wowed-me-yet-im-into-other-71315/

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Ashmore, Shawn. "No designer has really wowed me yet, I'm into other people's recommendations when it comes to fashion." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/no-designer-has-really-wowed-me-yet-im-into-other-71315/.

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"No designer has really wowed me yet, I'm into other people's recommendations when it comes to fashion." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/no-designer-has-really-wowed-me-yet-im-into-other-71315/. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.

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Shawn Ashmore (born October 7, 1979) is a Actor from Canada.

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