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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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Excess is not really something I consider a bad thing; especially when you are talking about living.
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Bad Excess Talking Things
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
I’ve lived every day to the fullest, and I’ve had a marvelous time. I’ve tried to be nice to the people I care about, and ignore the ones I don’t. I enjoy what I’ve done.
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Done Nice People
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
A woman makes an outfit her own with accessories.
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Accessories Outfit Women
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
Fashion is about the present and the immediate future. I think in terms of now.
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Fashion Term Thinking
The charities closest to my heart have always involved helping children in some way.
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Charity Children Heart
Tell me, which designers in New York do you think are great – besides me, of course.
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Designer New York Thinking
Online media is increasingly influential in fashion.
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Fashion Influential Media
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 are born free, and I think that they should stay that way.
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Born Thinking Way Women
Yes, I had cancer. Right now, I am totally clean. The only realities in life are that you are born, and that you die.
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Born Dies Reality Right Today
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
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
Nothing is contrived. At night, the clothes should pour like liquid over the body.
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Body Clothes Night Pour

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