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" The preppy lifestyle has gone global. We feel that our business has grown so well because preppy travels so well. It's all-American classic. "
Tommy Hilfiger
Feel
Lifestyle
Business
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" We are going back to our roots by cultivating new unsigned talent who otherwise might go unnoticed. "
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" In designing a lifestyle brand, you have to know more than just designing clothes. "
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" I'm a designer of more than clothes. I am a designer of a very creative concept. "
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" I had eight brothers and sisters. Every Christmas my younger brother Bobby would wake up extra early and open everybody's presents - everybody's - so by the time the rest of us got up, all the gifts were shredded, ribbons off, torn open and thrown aside. "
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" Over the last 15 years we've developed our brand into a global brand and we wanted our giving to follow suit. "
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" It was difficult for me because I was searching for the answer for so long, and the answer was right in front of me. Do what I do best. "
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" We are really living the American dream, to be a successful brand in the States and in Europe and to steep ourselves in our heritage. But we do it with a sense of humor. We don't take ourselves too seriously in fashion. "
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" Our look and image never change dramatically from one season to the next, so we need an edge. "
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" My mother was kind and forgiving and would take in all the waifs and strays in our neighbourhood; we always compared her to Mother Teresa. She taught me a lot. "
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" You want to look fashionable and put-together, not like you hit every sale rack this season. "
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" I've never tried to do couture, because it's a whole different beast. "
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" I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I wanted to build some kind of lifestyle brand that was preppy and cool. "
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" I had no confidence at school. I was not a good student and I really thought I was pretty stupid. Just dumb. "
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Confidence
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" I think it's dangerous to think that you're successful, because then you become complacent. "
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" I was looking at people like Jim Morrison and David Bowie and Mick Jagger and I thought, Ah! I want to look like them. "
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" The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it's possible to achieve the American dream. "
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" My passion for music has always inspired my designs. "
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" Algebra looked like Chinese characters to me, and I could never get into reading Shakespeare. I just did not get it. "
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" I think it is really important to have a sense of business. As a designer you can get so wrapped up in the design and fashion side that you forget the business side. "
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" We had incense and rock'n'roll posters, and we sold records and rolling papers. People could just, like, hang out. We had a cool vibe going. "
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" I looked at the rap community like street kids wanting their own brand. But now I look at that period with the rappers in the 90s as a trend of the moment. What it taught me was never to follow a trend, because trends move on. "
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" I looked at my competitors and I thought that, If they could do it, I could do it. And if, they are popular and doing well, I could compete with them. "
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" My mother inspired me to treat others as I would want to be treated regardless of age, race or financial status. "
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