"I think there is beauty in everything."
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"I spent a long time learning how to construct clothes, which is important to do before you can deconstruct them."
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"The explosion of museum exhibitions is only a mirror image of what has happened to fashion itself this millennium. With the force of technology, instant images and global participation, fashion has developed from being a passion for a few to a fascination - and an entertainment - for everybody."
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"I can design a collection in a day and I always do, cause I've always got a load of Italians on my back, moaning that it's late."
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"Some couture collections have everything including the kitchen sink! Everything gets thrown on to make it look expensive. I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there's no room for fault. But I don't expect to turn things around all by myself. I'm not a saint."
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"I'm not big on women looking naive."
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"Animals fascinate me because you can find a force, an energy, a fear that also exists in sex."
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"I don't want to be too proud, but I have a good personal style."
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"I always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of 12."
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"You've got to know the rules to break them."
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"I am a melancholy type of person."
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"I was literally 3 years old when I started drawing. I did it all my life, through primary school, secondary school, all my life. I always, always wanted to be a designer. I read books on fashion from the age of twelve. I followed designer's careers. I knew Giorgio Armani was a window-dresser, Emanuel Ungaro was a tailor."
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"I don’t want to do a cocktail party. I’d rather people left my shows and vomited."
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"I think the idea of mixing luxury and mass-market fashion is very modern, very now - no one wears head-to-toe designer anymore."
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"I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when I design."
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"There are only a handful of designers that influence other designers, and I have to keep one step ahead of the game."
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"I think I should be a president. President of the United States."
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"I'm interested in designing for posterity."
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"You can get insular with fashion."
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"Really, what I'm aiming for is world domination!"
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