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" I am a magpie. My eye collects details. "
Patrick Cox
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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've stayed in enough hotels so I really know what works and what doesn't design-wise. "
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" Copying is a form of self-validation. "
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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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" 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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" 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 have a pop sensibility, which I think comes from all those weekends spent in nightclubs. "
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" My inspiration for interior design is more historical than traditional. "
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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'm kind of the shoe guy. "
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" 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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" There is nothing worse than bright lighting - it isn't flattering and makes the glamorous women want to leave. "
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" Wannabe was so huge. So big. So unexpected. "
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" I'm not a shoe snob. "
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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 couldn't have asked for a better testimonial than Bob Dylan parting with his own cash for a pair of my shoes. "
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" I like to be playful; I want people to look at what I do and smile. "
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Want
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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
" I was never a fashion snob. "
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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 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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" I love talking in lira because, suddenly, everything is in billions. "
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Because
" I'm a huge monarchist. "
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Huge
" Archives can be inspiring but overwhelming. You have to forget them - especially when the whole world has been knocking them off. Everyone shops the same flea markets. "
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" I'm addicted to chinos the second weather gets warm enough. "
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Weather
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" As a designer, you are not only a designer, you are also a celebrity, an entertainer, and a spokesperson that speaks on behalf of the company. So you need to realize that you have to embrace all those sides. "
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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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" 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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" 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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