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" Men have been buying my women's coats for years. "

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" Paris is an old and traditional place; it needs new blood. "

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" A-POC respects that there is a fine balance between the value of the human touch, which can be called artisanal, and the abilities of technology. I like to think of it as poesy and technology. "

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