"You've got to know the rules to break them. That's what I'm here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition."
"Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them. To me, that is what distinguishes good designers from bad designers."
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Source: Dressed To Thrill by Judith Thurman, www.newyorker.com. May 16, 2011.
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