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You couldn't define the '80s when the '80s were happening. We kept changing. We had shoulder pads, then we didn't. It was revealing, and then it was decoration. It was a lot of things at once. It was defined when it was over.
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My muse changes all the time because I think every designer is a bit of a muse for themselves in a way - they just don't want to say it.
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In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life.
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The man of the millennium is much more liberated than the man of the '90s.
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It would be very easy for us to do a collection that everybody would like and not criticize. But criticism is a part of life. You have to take it.
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Hollywood is a very inspiring place.
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I don't like my physique at all.
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Fashion is not frivolous.
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I love Alexander McQueen. I like the construction of his suits. I think it's fantastic.
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I like perfume and flowers.
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For me the safety pin is about rebellion, and I'm punk in the soul.
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I like to eat. Definitely. I love sitting around a table with my friends. But I don't know how to cook anything.
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I'm a designer, and I work very hard at that. People sometimes want to put down fashion by saying it's frivolous or superficial, but it's not that way at all. It's actually very hard work.
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You can't pretend that everybody likes Versace. It would be boring. It's better to create a reaction than to create no reaction. That's dangerous.
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Richard Avedon is a true genius of photography and one of the greatest artists of our time.
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It's very important for a brand to have an identity through the years, but it's very important as well to evolve because times change so fast.
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Some men look great unshaven; others just look like they forgot to shave. Beards and mustaches can be really distinctive if you go for an earthy, rock-and-roll look like the Kings of Leon or the Killers.
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Lady Gaga is the present and the future. She is the most revolutionary and inspirational artist. She is fearless and daring.
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I was a fashion addict by the time I was 11 years old. I'd wear a miniskirt and patent-leather boots.
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You can never forget the time you're living in because the past is the past and it will never come back. So to adjust your philosophy and creativity in fashion to the time you're living in is the most important thing.
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When I meet celebrities, I have to know what they are like and only then can I design. The clothes have to fit their personality.
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In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life. For a while I lost mine.
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In Italian there is an expression: We don't sleep on the fame.
Donatella Versace