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An Isaac Mizrahi fashion-show ticket signed by Steven Meisel. I rushed up to Meisel at the end of the show and asked him to autograph the card that had his name and seating assignment on it. It was an incredible moment when he shot the autumn/winter 2014 Moschino campaign.
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Being pure in my voice has always served me the best. Anytime I've tried to hide my light under a bushel, it's never done me any good.
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I love MTV, and I love the VMAs. There's no award show like it. It really is the coolest award show, hands down.
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I don't really dissect too much when ideas come - they just kind of pop into my head; I just take them and run.
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Melania rarely wears American labels, with the exception of Ralph Lauren, who created a duplication of a Jackie Kennedy look, which was basically a costume anyway.
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I think fashion takes itself way too seriously. It's just fashion, people. It's just clothes. It should be frivolous and fun. You're not meant to see it as church and pray to a blouse.
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I went to Paris to learn and absorb some of the amazing ambience I was enamored with growing up in Kansas City. I didn't go there to start my own collection. But I never could get an internship, so finally, I was left with just doing my own show.
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I feel very blessed to have such wonderful cheerleaders and champions of my work.
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I have a nostalgia for the years I was growing up and experiencing new things for the first time - so the late '80s and early '90s are always fascinating to me. Those were the times that I was being informed about a lot of my tastes, and so the memories are fused with a lot of emotion.
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My story is the American Dream, a hundred percent.
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I've met people with my prints tattooed on them, my face tattooed on them - I have that commitment and love.
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I've been thinking a lot about how we worship celebrity and how we have Elvis and Marilyn Monroe and Jesus all on the same playing field.
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I love all these things where proportions have been changed and altered.
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The McDonald's icon of the colours and the golden arch, for me, resonates as one of the most iconic images ever.
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The main thing I hope people see is how passionate I am about my work, and I know people talk about it, but I do work really hard on my stuff, and it means a lot to me.
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I don't do many social events in the fashion industry. Instead, I go to things like the MTV awards because that's where I fit in - wearing a yellow tuxedo and no shirt on a red carpet.
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I'm trying to be the messenger for the people that pay attention to me. And those people I want to help inspire because a lot of people maybe think it's - they're too cool for school. That's all I can ever do.
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I'm an introverted extrovert. My job sets me apart, but I'm not hammy and don't need attention.
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There are so many serious things in the world; I just choose not to be one of them.
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I don't think the distinction between high and low culture exists anymore.
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With the clothes I design, I think about my friends, how I'd want them to dress, what I'd want them to wear.
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There probably wasn't a day that went by in high school that I wasn't bullied either physically or verbally. It made me stronger, and I knew I had to stay steadfast to what I believed in.
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I think because of the eccentricity of my work and how I dress, people expect me to be bouncing off the walls. But that's just not how I am.
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I get love from fans in a big enough dosage that it acts as a shield, and I would not sacrifice that love in order to please the industry.