When I don't have any ideas, I pick up fabric and start working with it and something happens.

Career
In 1963 he started his own company Geoffrey Beene Inc. Legacy
In honor of Beene’s fashion legacy the Council of Fashion Designers of America created the annual Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement award which was presented in 2009 to the influential designer Anna Sui. Several of his former apprentices Kay Unger Alber Elbaz and Doo Ri Chung are now successful fashion designers thanks to his early guidance in their respective careers.

Geoffrey Beene (August 30 1924 – September 28 2004) was an American fashion designer.