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"Men don't want another man to look at their woman because they don't know how to handle it."
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John Galliano
"Men don't want another man to look at their woman because they don't know how to handle it."
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"You're not working with models, you're working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy."
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Isaac Mizrahi
"You're not working with models, you're working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy."
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"There are people who have money and people who are rich."
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Coco Chanel
"There are people who have money and people who are rich."
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"A woman is as young as her knees."
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Mary Quant
"A woman is as young as her knees."
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"The idea of seeing everybody clad the same is not really my cup of tea."
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Christian Lacroix
"The idea of seeing everybody clad the same is not really my cup of tea."
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"Hair style is the final tip-off whether or not a woman really knows herself."
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Hubert de Givenchy
"Hair style is the final tip-off whether or not a woman really knows herself."
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"So, like I said, I will visit Jeffersonville more often because I now have a little getaway house up there."
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Genevieve Gorder
"So, like I said, I will visit Jeffersonville more often because I now have a little getaway house up there."
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"I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes, where a woman's personality and sense of self are revealed. I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman."
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Vera Wang
"I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes, where a woman's personality and sense of self are revealed. I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman."
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"In the immediate postwar years, the whole of Europe was in a recession. So first of all, it helped us step out of a recession; it gave a certain amount of speed to the economy. But that was the first step."
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Giovanni Agnelli
"In the immediate postwar years, the whole of Europe was in a recession. So first of all, it helped us step out of a recession; it gave a certain amount of speed to the economy. But that was the first step."
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"We worked out a lot of bugs and figured out who was working and who wasn't and how this beast functions. It was a lot bigger than we actually thought, and now we have a well-run ship where it feels I can actually have time to imagine and not just stress out about everything."
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Genevieve Gorder
"We worked out a lot of bugs and figured out who was working and who wasn't and how this beast functions. It was a lot bigger than we actually thought, and now we have a well-run ship where it feels I can actually have time to imagine and not just stress out about everything."
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"It has not been an easy name, yet it has brought me many a laugh."
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Sister Parish
"It has not been an easy name, yet it has brought me many a laugh."
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"There's room for the Gap, but the joy of dressing is an art."
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John Galliano
"There's room for the Gap, but the joy of dressing is an art."
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"I had arranged a birthday party for him and my children, who are all Aquarians. Instead, we got married. I ran out of excuses. It was just us and my children."
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Diane von Furstenberg
"I had arranged a birthday party for him and my children, who are all Aquarians. Instead, we got married. I ran out of excuses. It was just us and my children."
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"When people ask, Do you like children? I always say, I like some children, yes. Some children I don't like."
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Isaac Mizrahi
"When people ask, Do you like children? I always say, I like some children, yes. Some children I don't like."
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"I think taking design out of the studio and really having a relationship with the people that you're making it for really convinced me of how powerful a thing design is. It's not just an aesthetic decoration."
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Genevieve Gorder
"I think taking design out of the studio and really having a relationship with the people that you're making it for really convinced me of how powerful a thing design is. It's not just an aesthetic decoration."
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"But the Milanese have made bad choices, bad fashion, and bad jewelry."
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Christian Lacroix
"But the Milanese have made bad choices, bad fashion, and bad jewelry."
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"They know they're going to look beautiful, and I don't think women should look like costumes. They shouldn't look like fashion victims."
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Ralph Lauren
"They know they're going to look beautiful, and I don't think women should look like costumes. They shouldn't look like fashion victims."
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"Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition."
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Freeman Thomas
"Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition."
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"I'm so used to talk-show hosts just giving you a sound bite and not really being interested."
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Genevieve Gorder
"I'm so used to talk-show hosts just giving you a sound bite and not really being interested."
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"It's quite nice to see that I didn't have to change who I was to reach two very different types of people."
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Marc Jacobs
"It's quite nice to see that I didn't have to change who I was to reach two very different types of people."
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"Even though I grew up as a Sephardic Jew in Brooklyn where we ate Syrian food and went to temple, it was still America."
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Isaac Mizrahi
"Even though I grew up as a Sephardic Jew in Brooklyn where we ate Syrian food and went to temple, it was still America."
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"From the time we're born until we die, we're kept busy with artificial stuff that isn't important."
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Tom Ford
"From the time we're born until we die, we're kept busy with artificial stuff that isn't important."
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"It's all about people. It's about networking and being nice to people and not burning any bridges. Your book is going to impress, but in the end it is people that are going to hire you."
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Mike Davidson
"It's all about people. It's about networking and being nice to people and not burning any bridges. Your book is going to impress, but in the end it is people that are going to hire you."
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"For most of the '90s and the first part of this decade, content providers who wanted to publish online only needed to worry about the graphical web browser."
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Mike Davidson
"For most of the '90s and the first part of this decade, content providers who wanted to publish online only needed to worry about the graphical web browser."
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"If you try to have a fashion show with Bach fugues and John Coltrane, it doesn't really work."
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Isaac Mizrahi
"If you try to have a fashion show with Bach fugues and John Coltrane, it doesn't really work."
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"It was something I was more interested in myself. When I went to see my sister dance at ballet, I was really into costumes and the arts, and my family was also supportive of whatever me and my sister wanted to do. I would say I pushed myself the most to be into design."
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Christian Siriano
"It was something I was more interested in myself. When I went to see my sister dance at ballet, I was really into costumes and the arts, and my family was also supportive of whatever me and my sister wanted to do. I would say I pushed myself the most to be into design."
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"Clothes should be as interesting on the inside as on the outside. Even if you enjoy it totally alone, it's important."
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Geoffrey Beene
"Clothes should be as interesting on the inside as on the outside. Even if you enjoy it totally alone, it's important."
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"My first novel took 12 years to complete because life got in my way."
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Donald McKay
"My first novel took 12 years to complete because life got in my way."
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"I despise simplicity. It is the negation of all that is beautiful."
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Norman Hartnell
"I despise simplicity. It is the negation of all that is beautiful."
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"All I want are high heels, high heels. If I was a girl, I'd wear a lot of high heels. High, stiletto heels."
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Isaac Mizrahi
"All I want are high heels, high heels. If I was a girl, I'd wear a lot of high heels. High, stiletto heels."
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"I write when the urge hits me, getting the words down as fast as I can type and then I step back from what I just wrote and start a dialectical process where I begin challenging my own writing."
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Donald McKay
"I write when the urge hits me, getting the words down as fast as I can type and then I step back from what I just wrote and start a dialectical process where I begin challenging my own writing."
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"The bump I was trying to hide could be the future king of England."
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Bruce Oldfield
"The bump I was trying to hide could be the future king of England."
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"Freshness is important. If a game is fresh, new, intriguing, challenging, and enchanting, it will sell, and sell well."
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Roberta Williams
"Freshness is important. If a game is fresh, new, intriguing, challenging, and enchanting, it will sell, and sell well."
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"When we first sort of break in or bust into the house, if you will, there's some tough love."
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Thom Filicia
"When we first sort of break in or bust into the house, if you will, there's some tough love."
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"It has not been an easy cross to bear. It has caused considerable confusion. My husband constantly complained about the awkwardness of being married to a woman whom he called Sister."
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Sister Parish
"It has not been an easy cross to bear. It has caused considerable confusion. My husband constantly complained about the awkwardness of being married to a woman whom he called Sister."
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"The reason people like to watch ball games is because they don't really know exactly what's going to happen from moment to moment. That's why you watch the entire thing."
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Isaac Mizrahi
"The reason people like to watch ball games is because they don't really know exactly what's going to happen from moment to moment. That's why you watch the entire thing."
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"The problem is with men. I know I shouldn't say this, but they've shrouded and hidden women to hide their incompetence."
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John Galliano
"The problem is with men. I know I shouldn't say this, but they've shrouded and hidden women to hide their incompetence."
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"It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years."
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Vera Wang
"It's a remarkable exercise to sit and look at your own work over the years."
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"To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It's like makeup. It's the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance."
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Vera Wang
"To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It's like makeup. It's the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance."
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"A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes."
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Vera Wang
"A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes."
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"I've always thought of the T-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet."
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Giorgio Armani
"I've always thought of the T-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet."
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"Even my aunt Joan, hopelessly sentimental about every member of our family, admitted that I was hideous."
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Sister Parish
"Even my aunt Joan, hopelessly sentimental about every member of our family, admitted that I was hideous."
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"I think the accessories look very modern and very exciting. These big earrings, these big hoops. I think the girls are sort of falling in love with... collars, neck collars."
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Ralph Lauren
"I think the accessories look very modern and very exciting. These big earrings, these big hoops. I think the girls are sort of falling in love with... collars, neck collars."
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"My definition of an adventure game is an interactive story set with puzzles and obstacles to solve and worlds to explore."
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Roberta Williams
"My definition of an adventure game is an interactive story set with puzzles and obstacles to solve and worlds to explore."
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"Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance to the morale."
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Elsa Schiaparelli
"Eating is not merely a material pleasure. Eating well gives a spectacular joy to life and contributes immensely to goodwill and happy companionship. It is of great importance to the morale."
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"I'm neither Democrat nor Republican."
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Calvin Klein
"I'm neither Democrat nor Republican."
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"I don't want to offend people."
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Isaac Mizrahi
"I don't want to offend people."
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"It seems we always exceed even our own expectations-after a lot of hard work, though!"
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Roberta Williams
"It seems we always exceed even our own expectations-after a lot of hard work, though!"
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"If I just do it, it will take less time than telling someone what I'm thinking, and have them free associate, and then come back to me and I'll hate it and I'll have to redo it."
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Isaac Mizrahi
"If I just do it, it will take less time than telling someone what I'm thinking, and have them free associate, and then come back to me and I'll hate it and I'll have to redo it."
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"I didn't do anything at the Queen, whom I admire."
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Vivienne Westwood
"I didn't do anything at the Queen, whom I admire."
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