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" I became a fashion designer to make clothes for the people, not to be a top couturier in the French tradition. "

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" Boys have been wearing skirts for some time now. My three assistants wear mini skirts. They come to work on their motorcycles wearing mini skirts. The French saw the idea on the streets and have done it in better fabrics, and now everyone says, 'Ah!' "

" I gravitated towards the field of clothing design, partly because it is a creative format that is modern and optimistic. "

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