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My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, ‘That’s what I am’
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Latin Looks Wife
The essence of style is how you live your life
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Essence Life Live Style Your
Things never happen on accident. They happen because you have a vision, you have a commitment, you have a dream.
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Commitment Dream Monday
I come from a very warm island, where colors are very important, very vibrant, and obviously the color has been an influence on my work.
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Color Important Influence Obviously
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
Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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Fashion Term Thinking
I always tell this story: When I started, the woman went to the store to buy a dress. She saw it in pink and red, and then she remembered that the husband, who is probably going to pay for the dress, loves it in pink. So she buys the pink.
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Dresses Husband Stories
I’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops.
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Artist Creative Restless
I have always felt my role as a designer is to do the very best I can for a woman to make her look her best. Fashion is only fashion once a woman puts it on.
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Fashion Looks Roles
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
Fashion is about dressing according to what’s fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.
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Being Fashion Memorable Yourself
I love to live well, I love to eat well, I love to buy beautiful things, and to give a fantastic time to my friends.
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Beautiful Fantastic Giving
I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.
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Beautiful Fashion Memorable
I would like better to be known as the Godfather of Fashion, with all the implications that that word has.
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Fashion Implications Known
Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.
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Body Clothes Night Pour
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

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