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"Fashion is like the ashes left behind by the uniquely shaped flames of the fire, the trace alone revealing that a fire actually took place."
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"Fashion is treated too much as news rather than what it is, what it does and how it performs."
"So I suppose this slightly mature fashion sense happened because of what I had."
"I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety."
"I'm always crunching numbers, so my calculator watch is a must."
"Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit."
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"Fashion is like the ashes left behind by the uniquely shaped flames of the fire, the trace alone revealing that a fire actually took place."
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