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Women are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.
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Born Thinking Way Women
The most important beauty is not that with which you were born, but the beauty of character which grows through a woman’s life and maybe never stops growing.
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Character Growing Important
It’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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Fashion Imagination Important
Fragrance must be introduced properly. A fragrance is like a signature, so that even after a woman leaves the room, her fragrance should reveal she’s been there.
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Fragrance Introduced Leaves Woman
Women think black is the most flattering color, but they’re wrong. Pink adds a cosmetic-like radiance and warmth. Black drains the skin of color; pink delights the eye.
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Color Eye Thinking
Accept your friends for who they are, not for who you want them to be.
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Accepting Friend Want
Gardening is how I relax. It’s another form of creating and playing with colors.
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Color Garden Guitar
Work hard. Believe in yourself. It’s not the publicity that sells the clothes, it’s the woman.
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Believe Hard Memorable Work
In fashion, the most important thing is to move on.
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Fashion Important Moving
I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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Beautiful Fashion Memorable
Regardless of how good or bad a collection might be, it’s a letdown after the show is over. It’s done. Something you’ve worked on for months is just over.
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Done might Month Months Regardless
As far as preference between fall and spring collections, I have none that I prefer to design. With fall you have a lot more items, but of course I am from the Dominican Republic, so I love the warm weather.
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Design Fall Spring Weather
Fashions change and with rare exception are forgotten by the public. But the classic fragrances, like an invisible dress, endure.
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Dresses Fashion Signatures
Today, there is no fashion, really. There are just… choices. Women dress today to reveal their personalities. They used to reveal the designer’s personality.
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Choices Fashion Personality
When I went to see Mrs. Clinton and we talk about the inaugural dress I ask her what would you like to achieve with this particular dress? And she said to me what I would like is – that when I walk into the room and people will look at me and say wow you look great.
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People Rooms Wow
I don’t really know how to do casual clothes.
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Casual Clothes Memorable

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