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" I grew up in a very cultural household, but part of our culture is that we don't really take photos. "
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" Style is not fashion. "
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" It's not called 'Queer Eye For the Straight Guy' now for a reason. We want to be able to help more and more people, and why wouldn't we help women, and why wouldn't we help a trans man? I want to help as many different groups as physically possible with this show. "
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" I hadn't seen any people like me on TV before, and I definitely didn't want to be the first one. I didn't want that responsibility on my head. "
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" I am sending a memo to every man in the world: just because you make an effort with your wardrobe doesn't make you a wuss. "
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" I start with my shoes - I usually pack two pairs if I'm going away for four or five days, and I'll wear another one. "
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Away
Days
" It doesn't matter if the item isn't your favorite thing as long it fits well. "
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" I was always fascinated by clothes, and I think I've had clothing in my blood for as long as I can remember. "
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" I'm an immigrant. I'm from the Middle East. "
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East
Middle East
Middle
" I thought 'I, Tonya' was fantastic. "
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" When I see a shoe, I deconstruct it in my head. It comes from spending childhood summers around my grandad's denim factory in Bury, watching the machinists turn fabric into clothes. "
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Shoe
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" You know how Oprah has her moment about bread? Mine's about boots. You could wear it to a meeting at work. You could wear it to a date.You could wear it to a wedding with a suit. "
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Bread
Wedding
You
" I'm so sick of straight men in boardshorts. It couldn't be more unattractive. "
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" I love that Tom Daley's talking about surrogacy. "
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" If you have items in your closet that you haven't worn in a year, then you're never going to wear them. "
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" I think that people assume when they meet me that I'm going to judge what they're wearing. "
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" As a kid, we got a lot of American shows - usually a New York or L.A.-based show full of glitz and glamour - and I assumed that that was what life was like in the U.S. So, when I was 17, I decided to go to America. "
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New York
" Style is dressing the way that you feel confident and what is appropriate for you, your age, your body type. "
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Feel
You
Style
" A lot of times, we forget it is our partners who we need to make the biggest effort for. "
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Who
Partners
" A leather jacket always makes you look cooler, sometimes more chic, and it elevates your look to make you look like you've purchased something expensive to set yourself apart. "
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" Jeans can make or break a look, and if it's not a good-fitting pair, if they don't flatter your body, it doesn't matter what else you've got on - it's not going to look good. "
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" I worked as a receptionist in England for a couple of years whilst I was building up my business. I decided to take a massive pay cut from my full-time job and work as a receptionist so I could make my own business work. "
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Work
My Own
Job
" I didn't really care about the entertainment industry. That wasn't my life. "
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" I went to college for fashion and, after graduating, got a job in Operations at Zara, learning the ins and outs so I could one day start my own clothing brand. "
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College
Learning
Job
" A lot of men and women don't like to prioritize fashion. "
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" Nobody wants to see an engagement photo with you in your ratty jeans and t-shirt. Go for layers, and you're always going to look like you made more of an effort. "
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" I think that we in the West expect people to adapt to our culture very, very quickly when they come to our country. But when we go over to someone else's, I don't think we are willing to meet them halfway like we expect them to meet us. I think having cultural sensitivity is a lot more important than we realize. "
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Adapt
Culture
People
" For me, I don't go, 'Let me walk into this person's home. I don't care who they are, I'm going to put them in a Dolce & Gabbana suit, and I really want them to have a pink shirt.' "
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Pink
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" I was raised in a very Middle Eastern household, and modesty was very important, and dressing to not be desirable or provocative was very important. "
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Modesty
Important
Middle
" When it comes to a vintage store, we're not concerned with men's or women's. I want you to treat it like no other store. Just find stuff that you love and go for that. "
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Vintage
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" My granddad founded a manufacturing company in Northern England - a place called Bury - that manufactured denim, and one of the brands they created denim for was Disney. "
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England
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