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"Half the time I don't even think about it, I just throw something on because I'm so late or so busy."
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Isaac Mizrahi
"Half the time I don't even think about it, I just throw something on because I'm so late or so busy."
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"We fully expect our competitors to join us in embracing open standards with their next redesigns."
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Mike Davidson
"We fully expect our competitors to join us in embracing open standards with their next redesigns."
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"Never fit a dress to the body but train the body to fit the dress."
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Elsa Schiaparelli
"Never fit a dress to the body but train the body to fit the dress."
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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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"Write in a disciplined manner, but write in a way that is natural to the individual's thought processes."
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Donald McKay
"Write in a disciplined manner, but write in a way that is natural to the individual's thought processes."
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"I'd love to be approached to do ordinary things more."
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Marc Newson
"I'd love to be approached to do ordinary things more."
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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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"British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst drawing in British heritage."
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Alexander McQueen
"British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst drawing in British heritage."
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"I try to contrast; life today is full of contrast... We have to change."
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Gianni Versace
"I try to contrast; life today is full of contrast... We have to change."
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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 got to the point where I was sick of fashion again, like I was at the end of high school."
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Stephen Sprouse
"I got to the point where I was sick of fashion again, like I was at the end of high school."
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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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"I don't care about money. I really don't care. I just want to do what I do."
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John Galliano
"I don't care about money. I really don't care. I just want to do what I do."
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"To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need."
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Charles Eames
"To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need."
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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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"And the Marshall Plan, to us, meant a general who had turned into a secretary of state, and that the secretary of state saw the necessity of the reconstruction of these European countries that had suffered so heavily."
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Giovanni Agnelli
"And the Marshall Plan, to us, meant a general who had turned into a secretary of state, and that the secretary of state saw the necessity of the reconstruction of these European countries that had suffered so heavily."
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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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"I'm not a marketing person. I don't ask myself questions. I go by instinct."
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Karl Lagerfeld
"I'm not a marketing person. I don't ask myself questions. I go by instinct."
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"The Deep South has a completely different history, both good and bad, that is fascinating for everybody. It makes people work together who usually don't, and that sounds like a cliche in so many ways, but it actually happened... and it happened because of a beautiful idea."
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Genevieve Gorder
"The Deep South has a completely different history, both good and bad, that is fascinating for everybody. It makes people work together who usually don't, and that sounds like a cliche in so many ways, but it actually happened... and it happened because of a beautiful idea."
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"But instead of that stuff you get relationships with people and neighbors that you would never get in a city. People in small towns are a lot more open."
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Genevieve Gorder
"But instead of that stuff you get relationships with people and neighbors that you would never get in a city. People in small towns are a lot more open."
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"I'm opening a store at the end of the month in the New York meatpacking district. I'm launching a line of bedding this summer, and I am writing a book that will be out next January."
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Genevieve Gorder
"I'm opening a store at the end of the month in the New York meatpacking district. I'm launching a line of bedding this summer, and I am writing a book that will be out next January."
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"Sometimes I miss hamburgers, I should say that. I miss the tuna pizzas at Mercer Kitchen."
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Marc Jacobs
"Sometimes I miss hamburgers, I should say that. I miss the tuna pizzas at Mercer Kitchen."
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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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"Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working."
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Calvin Klein
"Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working."
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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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"There are so many things to take into account - your ambition, your ego, the press, the consumers. You can never be sure that you'll be on top of the pile again."
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Giorgio Armani
"There are so many things to take into account - your ambition, your ego, the press, the consumers. You can never be sure that you'll be on top of the pile again."
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"I watched television a little, but I mostly just drew and read magazines."
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Stephen Sprouse
"I watched television a little, but I mostly just drew and read magazines."
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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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"I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It's about space and form and it's something you can share with other people."
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Donna Karan
"I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It's about space and form and it's something you can share with other people."
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"Clothes should look as if a woman was born into them. It is a form of possession, this belonging to one another."
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Geoffrey Beene
"Clothes should look as if a woman was born into them. It is a form of possession, this belonging to one another."
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"To come up with the ending to a story and then work backwards is like tying your shoe with one hand only."
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Donald McKay
"To come up with the ending to a story and then work backwards is like tying your shoe with one hand only."
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"I have the New York Daily News to thank for the jeans controversy."
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Calvin Klein
"I have the New York Daily News to thank for the jeans controversy."
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"People have told me about organized crime in the fashion industry, but I can't talk about that. I'm looking to stay alive."
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Calvin Klein
"People have told me about organized crime in the fashion industry, but I can't talk about that. I'm looking to stay alive."
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"So, to really execute design in its highest form and making people feel joy, that's a great reward."
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Genevieve Gorder
"So, to really execute design in its highest form and making people feel joy, that's a great reward."
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"Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm so popular around the world."
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Giorgio Armani
"Actually I am very glad that people can buy Armani - even if it's a fake. I like the fact that I'm so popular around the world."
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"No. I mean those people really did something for designers I don't think department stores can, could or should do still today. Today the world is different so you have to make it differently. There's TV. There's a lot of things."
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Karl Lagerfeld
"No. I mean those people really did something for designers I don't think department stores can, could or should do still today. Today the world is different so you have to make it differently. There's TV. There's a lot of things."
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"Fashion is made to become unfashionable."
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Coco Chanel
"Fashion is made to become unfashionable."
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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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"I'm not a drug addict. My wild period wasn't about drugs; it was about sexual freedom."
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Calvin Klein
"I'm not a drug addict. My wild period wasn't about drugs; it was about sexual freedom."
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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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"It's about the power of design and the power of the human spirit. It's above paying anybody to do something stupid for money like reality television does - like ambushing people."
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Genevieve Gorder
"It's about the power of design and the power of the human spirit. It's above paying anybody to do something stupid for money like reality television does - like ambushing people."
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"You don't necessarily live for the moment; you live for hope-what you're going to get, what you're going to say, what you're going to think."
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Isaac Mizrahi
"You don't necessarily live for the moment; you live for hope-what you're going to get, what you're going to say, what you're going to think."
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"It's only I have seen enough of it and the funny thing is now, I know that I'm skinny, because I know there are even smaller clothes in the store. I think I'm big, when I was big, I never thought about it."
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Karl Lagerfeld
"It's only I have seen enough of it and the funny thing is now, I know that I'm skinny, because I know there are even smaller clothes in the store. I think I'm big, when I was big, I never thought about it."
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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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"When I went to college, I wasn't interested in fashion anymore - I was interested in art."
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Stephen Sprouse
"When I went to college, I wasn't interested in fashion anymore - I was interested in art."
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"My wardrobe consists of antique clothes, many of my designs, plus shoes and shirts from Brooks Brothers and Paul Stuart."
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Calvin Klein
"My wardrobe consists of antique clothes, many of my designs, plus shoes and shirts from Brooks Brothers and Paul Stuart."
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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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"Writing old school HTML code was never very much fun but now it's getting downright tedious for most people."
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Mike Davidson
"Writing old school HTML code was never very much fun but now it's getting downright tedious for most people."
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"Mick Jagger, his face was very new. It became a sex symbol."
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Isaac Mizrahi
"Mick Jagger, his face was very new. It became a sex symbol."
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