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"Fashion is a tool... to compete in life outside the home. People like you better, without knowing why, because people always react well to a person they like the looks of."
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Mary Quant
"Fashion is a tool... to compete in life outside the home. People like you better, without knowing why, because people always react well to a person they like the looks of."
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"I love New York. But the energy is so intense."
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John Galliano
"I love New York. But the energy is so intense."
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"My dresses are very reasonably priced, for dresses that are cut on the body."
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John Galliano
"My dresses are very reasonably priced, for dresses that are cut on the body."
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"We're developing things, but I don't know what we'll go with for the show, so I don't like to talk about it."
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Marc Jacobs
"We're developing things, but I don't know what we'll go with for the show, so I don't like to talk about it."
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"Each individual piece is a calculated attempt to entice women to add to their wardrobe."
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Bill Blass
"Each individual piece is a calculated attempt to entice women to add to their wardrobe."
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"The last thing I want to become is one of those talking heads where everything is satiny smooth and you know what the next question is going to be."
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Isaac Mizrahi
"The last thing I want to become is one of those talking heads where everything is satiny smooth and you know what the next question is going to be."
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"Fashion is not frivolous. It is a part of being alive today."
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Mary Quant
"Fashion is not frivolous. It is a part of being alive today."
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"A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes."
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Edith Head
"A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes."
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"I have a name, I have to take advantage of it."
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Pierre Cardin
"I have a name, I have to take advantage of it."
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"There's a big difference between decorators and designers and the training is very different."
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Genevieve Gorder
"There's a big difference between decorators and designers and the training is very different."
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"When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn't find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That's when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business."
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Vera Wang
"When I decided to get married at 40, I couldn't find a dress with the modernity or sophistication I wanted. That's when I saw the opportunity for a wedding gown business."
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"It makes me feel guilty that anybody should have such a good time doing what they are supposed to do."
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Charles Eames
"It makes me feel guilty that anybody should have such a good time doing what they are supposed to do."
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"Something about glamour interested me. All my schoolbooks had drawings of women on terraces with a cocktail and a cigarette."
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Bill Blass
"Something about glamour interested me. All my schoolbooks had drawings of women on terraces with a cocktail and a cigarette."
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"This is what I like about being a designer: You can't really get it until you see it."
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Isaac Mizrahi
"This is what I like about being a designer: You can't really get it until you see it."
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"If more women want to be a part of the computer industry today, they have to do more to put themselves there. Nobody is keeping them out."
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Roberta Williams
"If more women want to be a part of the computer industry today, they have to do more to put themselves there. Nobody is keeping them out."
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"I always say that my favorite game was Original Adventure, published by both Microsoft and Apple Computer back in 1980."
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Roberta Williams
"I always say that my favorite game was Original Adventure, published by both Microsoft and Apple Computer back in 1980."
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"Well, in 1947... in Europe and in Italy especially, we thought of America as all-powerful."
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Giovanni Agnelli
"Well, in 1947... in Europe and in Italy especially, we thought of America as all-powerful."
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"Sometimes the eye gets so accustomed that if you don't have a change, you're bored. It's the same with fashion, you know. And that, I suppose, is what style is about."
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Bill Blass
"Sometimes the eye gets so accustomed that if you don't have a change, you're bored. It's the same with fashion, you know. And that, I suppose, is what style is about."
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"To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master."
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Milton Glaser
"To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master."
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"I'm an accomplice to helping women get what they want."
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John Galliano
"I'm an accomplice to helping women get what they want."
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"I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or accessories that are not practical."
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Giorgio Armani
"I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or accessories that are not practical."
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"Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady."
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Edith Head
"Your dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman and loose enough to show you're a lady."
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"I'd rather promote New York than anything else in this world because New York to me means the world."
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Donna Karan
"I'd rather promote New York than anything else in this world because New York to me means the world."
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"The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows."
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Milton Glaser
"The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows."
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"If you like trekking, go to the Himalayas or Peru. I love those kinds of trips. But it all depends on your own life and what you like and what you expect."
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Diane von Furstenberg
"If you like trekking, go to the Himalayas or Peru. I love those kinds of trips. But it all depends on your own life and what you like and what you expect."
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"And it came to me, and I knew what I had to have before my soul would rest. I wanted to belong - to belong to my mother. And in return - I wanted my mother to belong to me."
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Gloria Vanderbilt
"And it came to me, and I knew what I had to have before my soul would rest. I wanted to belong - to belong to my mother. And in return - I wanted my mother to belong to me."
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"King's Quest IV was a much bigger hit than I, II, or III. I do feel that King's Quest IV was a pivotal game in bringing in more female players."
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Roberta Williams
"King's Quest IV was a much bigger hit than I, II, or III. I do feel that King's Quest IV was a pivotal game in bringing in more female players."
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"My shoes are special shoes for discerning feet."
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Manolo Blahnik
"My shoes are special shoes for discerning feet."
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"We undress men and women, we don't dress them any more."
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Pierre Cardin
"We undress men and women, we don't dress them any more."
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"Technology is making design more exciting, with color, wallpaper, textures, fabrics that could never have been created without the technology."
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David Bromstad
"Technology is making design more exciting, with color, wallpaper, textures, fabrics that could never have been created without the technology."
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"I'd love to talk to Joaquin Phoenix because he's a very private guy. Also, he's creating a new kind of sexy leading man. To me, his face is new and might be legendary someday."
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Isaac Mizrahi
"I'd love to talk to Joaquin Phoenix because he's a very private guy. Also, he's creating a new kind of sexy leading man. To me, his face is new and might be legendary someday."
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"They say that the best furniture and clothing design from the '50s and '60s is Scandinavian or Milanese."
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Christian Lacroix
"They say that the best furniture and clothing design from the '50s and '60s is Scandinavian or Milanese."
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"I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity."
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Vera Wang
"I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity."
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"I hate the terminology of "costume" because my clothes are not costumes at all. I think they're high fashion, avant-garde, and more couture, definitely, and yes, some of my pieces are not particularly wearable, but I wouldn't say they're costumes, I'd say they're more couture."
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Christian Siriano
"I hate the terminology of "costume" because my clothes are not costumes at all. I think they're high fashion, avant-garde, and more couture, definitely, and yes, some of my pieces are not particularly wearable, but I wouldn't say they're costumes, I'd say they're more couture."
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"I do not write by any set time schedule. I realize there are many writers who follow a daily regime where they arise at 6:00 a.m., do some sort of exercise, eat breakfast and then sit down and produce words for a three to four hour period."
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Donald McKay
"I do not write by any set time schedule. I realize there are many writers who follow a daily regime where they arise at 6:00 a.m., do some sort of exercise, eat breakfast and then sit down and produce words for a three to four hour period."
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"The greatest concubines in history knew that everything revealed with nothing concealed is a bore."
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Geoffrey Beene
"The greatest concubines in history knew that everything revealed with nothing concealed is a bore."
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"I don't think women should look like costumes. I don't think they should look like fashion victims. I think these (clothes) are for women that want to look sexy. They want to look smart."
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Ralph Lauren
"I don't think women should look like costumes. I don't think they should look like fashion victims. I think these (clothes) are for women that want to look sexy. They want to look smart."
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"Design is an unknown."
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Geoffrey Beene
"Design is an unknown."
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"But each time I seemed to be climbing into a roller coaster and finding myself coming through the downhill run with that sort of dazed feeling that we all know."
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Enzo Ferrari
"But each time I seemed to be climbing into a roller coaster and finding myself coming through the downhill run with that sort of dazed feeling that we all know."
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"The gays like 'Project Runway' because it's a fashion, and the gays are into fashion and into design. It's a creative industry, and most of the gays are pretty creative, in general. That's just like the culture. We're not all into politics necessarily. We're more into the creative environment. I also think Heidi is a big draw. The boys love Heidi and think she's so fabulous. I just think it's a glitzy, fun show, and there are also always lots of gay boys on it, and, you know, that's fun."
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Christian Siriano
"The gays like 'Project Runway' because it's a fashion, and the gays are into fashion and into design. It's a creative industry, and most of the gays are pretty creative, in general. That's just like the culture. We're not all into politics necessarily. We're more into the creative environment. I also think Heidi is a big draw. The boys love Heidi and think she's so fabulous. I just think it's a glitzy, fun show, and there are also always lots of gay boys on it, and, you know, that's fun."
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"The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don't wear her."
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Mary Quant
"The fashionable woman wears clothes. The clothes don't wear her."
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"We were promised a simpler life, and technology has only complicated our lives."
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Freeman Thomas
"We were promised a simpler life, and technology has only complicated our lives."
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"I don't design clothes, I design dreams."
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Ralph Lauren
"I don't design clothes, I design dreams."
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"Well I am from Annapolis Maryland. I went to High school in Baltimore, but I grew up in Annapolis. It was a cute town. We lived on a waterfront community. It was good, even though I don't really fit the preppy boater kind of style."
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Christian Siriano
"Well I am from Annapolis Maryland. I went to High school in Baltimore, but I grew up in Annapolis. It was a cute town. We lived on a waterfront community. It was good, even though I don't really fit the preppy boater kind of style."
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"I have never known a really chic woman whose appearance was not, in large part, an outward reflection of her inner self."
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Mainbocher
"I have never known a really chic woman whose appearance was not, in large part, an outward reflection of her inner self."
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"I believe the adventure game genre will never die any more than any type of storytelling would ever die."
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Roberta Williams
"I believe the adventure game genre will never die any more than any type of storytelling would ever die."
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"My dream is to save women from nature."
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Christian Dior
"My dream is to save women from nature."
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"We think there's a huge opportunity in smaller vehicles. Smaller vehicles done in an American way."
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Freeman Thomas
"We think there's a huge opportunity in smaller vehicles. Smaller vehicles done in an American way."
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"When I don't have any ideas, I pick up fabric and start working with it and something happens."
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Geoffrey Beene
"When I don't have any ideas, I pick up fabric and start working with it and something happens."
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"Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success."
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James Dyson
"Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success."
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