"Both film and fashion are businesses where the audience doesn't feel or see the work that goes on behind the scenes."
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"A man should never wear shorts in the city. Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate. Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach."
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"Real fashion change comes from real changes in real life. Everything else is just decoration."
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"Style is very different from fashion. Once you find something that works, keep it."
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"I am not a person who is about reality. I am about enhanced reality."
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"Choose your team carefully. So much of your success is due to the people who you surround yourself with. Your friends, your family, and the people that you work with -- they all play an important role in inspiring you and supporting you and giving you stability. These are the people in your life who will be honest with you."
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"You should put on the best version of yourself when you go out in the world because that is a show of respect to the other people around you."
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"Just like girls need to learn to be comfortable in heels before they go out in them for the first time, a man should try wearing a suit throughout a normal day. I do most things in a suit-and sometimes even in a tuxedo-and so I'm really comfortable in one."
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"Glamour is something more than what you put on your body. It has to do with the way you carry yourself and the impact you have on others."
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"Time and silence are the most luxurious things today."
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"Dressing well is a form of good manners."
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"There are no right or wrong answers, There is only intuition"
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"There aren't many strong or charismatic candidates today, because many people can't withstand the scrutiny."
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"The Gucci woman - you know what she’s after. The Saint Laurent woman - she’s going to torture you a little bit. You might have sex, but she will drip a little hot wax on you first."
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"As a fashion designer, I was always aware that I was not an artist, because I was creating something that was made to be sold, marketed, used, and ultimately discarded."
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"Only hire people you want to have dinner with."
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"A few times in my life I've had moments of clarity where the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than think."
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"I think that the older you get, the more you become your true, essential self. You find the things that make you happy. You whittle away the parts of yourself that mean less to you."
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"When you find somebody good, keep them in your life."
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"Dressing well is a kind of good manners, if you ask me. When you're standing in a room, your effect is the same as a chair's effect, or a sculpture's. You're part of someone's view, you're part of that world, and so you should dress well. I find it's a show of respect to try to put on your best face and look as good as you can."
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