“For a long time I was looking for my perfect equilibrium, my mojo. And now I think I'm getting there: I've found my customer, my silhouette, my cut.”
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“For a long time I was looking for my perfect equilibrium, my mojo. And now I think I'm getting there: I've found my customer, my silhouette, my cut.”
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“Fashion should be a form of escapism, and not a form of imprisonment.”
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“I like the idea of infiltrating an area that is not really exposed to me or my work.”
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“Fame should be left to the film stars.”
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“I came to terms with not fitting in a long time ago. I never really fitted in. I don't want to fit in. And now people are buying into that.”
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“There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance.”
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“It's not my vision when I cover a woman's face with a chador. I got the idea from a 'National Geographic' photo. I'm just showing their plight in the world.”
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“Menswear is about subtlety. It's about good style and good taste.”
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“I find it grotesque when clothes hit you in the face and there's no room for fault. But I don't expect to turn things around all by myself. I'm not a saint.”
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“I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists.”
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“I have been skiing since I was in school, but I'm not great. I am never going to break an Olympic record, I just want to go down the hills, on red or blue runs, but not... black.”
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“Sting's my ideal man, because he's a real man.”
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“I never look at other people's work. My mind has to be completely focused on my own illusions.”
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“You can get insular with fashion.”
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“I can design a collection in a day and I always do, cause I've always got a load of Italians on my back, moaning that it's late.”
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“Of course I make mistakes. I'm human. If I didn't make mistakes, I'd never learn. You can only go forward by making mistakes.”
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“You can only go forward by making mistakes.”
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“For people who know McQueen, there is always an underlying message. It's usually only the intellectual ones who understand what's going on in what I do.”
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“There is something sinister, something quite biographical about what I do - but that part is for me. It's my personal business. I think there is a lot of romance, melancholy. There's a sadne...”
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“I am a melancholy type of person.”
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