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" Copying is a form of self-validation. "
Patrick Cox
Form
Copying
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" It is all about quality of life and being proud of what I do. I need me to be me. "
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" I was wondering if the best was behind me, had the high point of my career already happened. Then I saw what Manolo had done, and some of his best work happened after he turned 40. "
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" In fashion, my inspiration comes from pop culture - the 1960s and the following years. Whereas in interior design, my influences are much broader. "
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" I lived in Nigeria, Chad, and Cameroon when I was very young, until my mother divorced my father. "
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" Elizabeth Hurley rocks. She really rocks. "
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" The word 'modern' is a cliche. "
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" I finished college by July 15th, 1985, and by October 1985, I had a little stand during the trade show which was London Fashion week at the time. My stand was tiny - just 6 square meters in total - and I had my 12 shoes that I designed while in college. "
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" Show some originality and never wear one designer head to toe. "
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" Most of my holidays are with wonderfully generous friends with houses in the country or the South of France. "
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" I'm a huge monarchist. "
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" I am like a sponge: I adore reading, watching films, and visiting museums and exhibitions. I am always in search of new things in many spheres. "
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" I like to be playful; I want people to look at what I do and smile. "
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" After selling the business, and the Patrick Cox brand in 2007, I had a three-year non-compete, where I just spent a lot of time hanging all over the world on beaches and having fun. "
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" Rock stars love Cuban heels because a lot of them tend to be diminutive. And I've never met a man who doesn't mind having an extra inch or two anywhere on his body. "
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" I've stayed in enough hotels so I really know what works and what doesn't design-wise. "
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Really
" I was never a fashion snob. "
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Never
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" Now, I'm older. I don't follow the vagaries of fashion: my look tends to be skinny flat-front trousers with a long-sleeve American Apparel T-shirt and a V-neck cashmere jumper - preferably Loro Piana. "
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" I think a house should reflect the interests and personality of the occupant, but it takes time to gather together the objects one likes around oneself. "
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" By the time I came out of college, I was fabulous. "
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" I came to London during what was called the second British invasion. The music was from Britain, the fashion was from Britain, everything was from Britain, so I knew I had to be in Britain. "
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London
" Do I miss shoes? I miss the designing, but I don't miss the fashion industry. Those people eat their children. "
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" I love Italy, and that's where I make my own shoes. But the French really do respect designers. Italy is totally different; footwear is an industry. The shoes are all about craft and luxury. French shoes are more about straight lines, and they are way more geometric. "
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" Shoe design is like architecture - with the finest structure and tight, precise seams, it suits my obsessive neatness. "
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" If you use your own name as your business brand, keep in mind that if you lose that brand, you have lost your name. And that is a bit of a problem going forward in life. If you decide to make up a name, and if you have lost that name, then who cares. But when it is your name on the products, and you lose it, that is the game changer. "
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" I'm kind of the shoe guy. "
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