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" All the Tauruses I know have this connection to the earth and the environment. We are very curious people, very loyal, very aware of and respectful of our surroundings. Also, we're stubborn, but that's our way. We understand what we want, which is not bad. "
People
Bad
Environment
" Brazil is not what you see but what you feel. Once you spend time here - a week, two weeks - you get in the vibe. It's really intoxicating. "
See
Two
Feel
" Each season I strive to design a forward-thinking and effortless collection with a very clean minimalist aesthetic. "
Design
Clean
Aesthetic
" I came to New York in 1986. My father didn't think it was a good idea. I didn't know how I found it, but I went to Hunter College. I had no money and I couldn't speak English. "
Father
New York
Good
" I came to New York when I was 21, 22. I couldn't speak English. I knew I wanted to go to fashion school. "
New
Speak
School
" I cannot live without art: it excites me, it challenges me, and it leads me to the next thing. "
Without
Next
Art
" I do go back to Brazil once a year. I miss my family. "
Go
Family
Back
" I don't listen to music when designing. We create in silence. I go through a torturous process because everything has to be precise and right. "
Listen
Create
Music
" I don't love reading so much, but I love book shopping. "
Reading
Book
Shopping
" I drape a lot. I cut. I have to touch. For me, it's almost impossible to start without that. "
Me
Impossible
Start
" If you have beautiful knees, show your knees. I'm not a puritan. I love skin. "
Knees
Show
Skin
" I get so much inspiration from my travels, but I also started an exercise where I write down so many words every week. Then I begin crossing them off. We create a grid of words and also images, but words for me are more ample because you can interpret them your own way. "
You
Create
Week
" I hate to sound esoteric, but there is something about a house that leads you to that one chair, that one corner, where you just sit and feel comfortable. "
House
Sound
You
" I have no tolerance for boredom. I spend so many hours in the office, and I still love it. "
Hours
Office
Boredom
" I hope the average woman feels she needs practicality but with a little bit of fantasy. Otherwise, it's just not fashion. "
Hope
Fantasy
Just
" I just hate people who are lazy. To be on my team, you have to have energy and a sense of wanting to learn. That really excites me. "
Me
Team
You
" I love to garden and cook whenever I get the chance and escape anywhere that's peaceful and quiet. My philosophy on living well is to always stay positive in life. "
Love
Positive
Peaceful
" I'm inspired by many things, from landscapes to textiles. Art and architecture always influence my design process. "
Influence
Art
Architecture
" I'm not an artist. I'm a fashion designer of clothes. "
Designer
Artist
Fashion
" I'm so not interested in gossip. It just gives me the creeps. I love the work; I love what I do. If somebody sends me an interview that has any connotation of something that's not interesting or genuine, I'm not interested. I really detach myself from it. "
Love
Interesting
Myself
" I never liked sleeping; I always think I am missing something. "
Am
Always
Think
" I think the women that we dress, the women who buy our clothes, they have a certain strength. It could be about the clothes, it could be about themselves. It's just attractive. "
Women
Dress
Strength
" I wanted to be involved with fashion, though I didn't know what being a designer meant. "
Fashion
Though
Being
" I wonder if I would have been less organic of a designer without my background. Maybe I would be more academic about designing, more methodical. I want things to be a certain way, and I'm very precise, but school itself wasn't that relevant for me. "
Way
Wonder
More
" Milan, for me, is a city of discovery. You can find some amazing gardens behind some great houses; I also love finding beautiful galleries and incredible shops, but you have to explore. And the food is amazing. "
Amazing
Love
Great
" My love of fashion stemmed from my mother's passion for it. "
Mother
Fashion
Stemmed
" My mom, she was unbelievable. She ran the whole town. She was like the mayor. There would be 15 people eating at our lunch table. She'd drag people from the street. "
Eating
Street
She
" My mother was very fashion-oriented, and she started a little children's wear business that became large in this little town. She used to be able to look at a picture of an outfit and just start cutting the fabric right there. "
Business
Children
She
" My parents had a factory, so I was linked to the textile and fashion industry. "
Industry
Fashion
Had
" People don't really go to museums in Rio. I shouldn't say it's not sophisticated, but, you know, they go to the beach. "
Museums
Beach
Know
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