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"Some of the kimonos took as long as four to five months to make, with all the layers that go into it."
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"Which outfits do you get the most compliments on when you are wearing them? What colors make you feel healthy, vibrant, and alive?"

"Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter."

"With right fashion, every female would be a flame."

"And once we reach the city, my stylist will dictate my look for the opening ceremonies tonight anyway. I just hope I get one who doesn't think nudity is the last word in fashion."

"Once you establish a look, and once everybody recognizes that look as your look, you never have to think about fashion again."
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"As a designer, you have to solve a lot of problems. Even though people are wearing clothes that are supposed to look beautiful, they'll have to do all kinds of things."

"Knowing who the actors were as you were designing them helped, with Catherine's beauty and Renee's frailty, they directed me visually just by who they were."

"I'd seen the current stage production and the 1975 production of Chicago. I liked them both very much, but I didn't use them necessarily as inspiration."

"The designs were based on quite a lot of research of what a movie musical is, filtered through the eyes of today. If we'd gone strictly with the '20s, the movement would have been impaired."

"Each simian had a much different body suit, so besides trying to define class across species, there was a definite attempt to dress each group in different styles."

"Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are."

"Planet of the Apes was a gigantic challenge, making the clothes work so people could do stunts and action in the clothes. I really learned a lot about that in that movie."

"The reward is that you can actually create a world separate from reality with a story, actors, music, and camera design. When it works it can entertain, move people and teach us all."
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