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I’m a very restless person. I’m always doing something. The creative process never stops.

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Today, the same woman goes to the store and remembers the husband likes pink, and she buys the red.
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Husband Pink Remembers Same Woman
You don’t go to Buckingham Palace in a sweater.
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Palace Sweaters
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
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
Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.
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Body Diamonds Hands
Any girl from any walk of life dreams of that special dress, and I try to make that dream a reality for her.
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Dream Girl Reality
Love. Be curious. Always try to do your best.
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Curious Love Trying
Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.
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Body Clothes Night Pour
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
Luxury to me is not about buying expensive things; it’s about living in a way where you appreciate things.
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Appreciate Luxury Way
My wife said I look like a Latin American dictator. I said, ‘That’s what I am’
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Latin Looks Wife
It’s important to excite the imagination of a woman.
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Fashion Imagination Important
If you have the right to call me a hot dog why do I not have the right to call you a stale 3-day old hamburger?
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Dog Hamburgers Hot
If you want to establish an international presence you can’t do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.
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Artist Consecration Country People
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
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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