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" There's nothing wrong with being pretty. "
Zac Posen
Nothing
Pretty
Wrong
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" There's not one major greatest influence on my career. It would be film and great artists and great imagineers - Jim Henson, Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin, people who understand the joy of the imagination. "
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" Sometimes, late at night on the set of 'Project Runway,' I've been known to pop an interpretive dance. "
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" The most significant pieces for me are the ones that come from my drapings. It's emotional because they are created by my hand and then become a collaborative process in the atelier. "
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" I'm not a chef. But I'm passionate about food - the tradition of it, cooking it, and sharing it. "
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" I'm interested in the opportunity that people can self-create using social media and the online dialogue. Before social media, you needed to have a lot of personal funds to break through to hire the right people and build a presence to start a line. It gives the opportunity and platform for people to be discovered. "
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" I am a compulsive and concise shopper. "
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" I have multiple lines and am licensing multiple projects, but I am still hands-on. It feels special. I don't take it for granted. "
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" I'm quite a tuxedo junkie, I collect them all year round. "
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" Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life. "
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" To me, being in fashion is about your work, not about facilitating a lifestyle. "
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" Don't worry about what's cool and what's not cool. Authenticity is what's cool. "
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" When I was little, I had a Norwegian babysitter - and that was my introduction to both regular and salty licorice. We all know the ordinary version, but the salty kind is a favorite candy throughout Northern Europe. It's a guilty pleasure of mine that I have to try not to keep around because I'll eat the entire bag in one go. "
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" I always end up in the kitchen at restaurants. At events or parties, too, I like to see where my food is prepared or made. I like the theater of it. "
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" New York ladies all look immaculate. "
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" I was very interested in theatre, so my first love of fashion comes from costume, and I think that's pretty clear within my work and the level of theatricality. "
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" When I'm on the road for fashion shows, I love room service. I think it's one of the greatest things in the world. I usually like to keep it simple with soup, but my big indulgence is French fries or chicken fingers. "
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" If you're entering into fashion in an original way, you have to know your craft, and you have to know your history. You have to be obsessively dedicated. You have to be relentless about making it happen. It doesn't take a bank. It takes passion, love, timing, and luck. "
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" There is no reason for me to show my collection in New York, because it's not about craft and technique there. "
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" To be able to buy a plant and plant it, that's a luxury to me. "
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" I go online at night and I order flowers, rare flowers, and then they come in the mail. That's my fashion detox. "
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" Beyond fashion, I think that culture has a side where they love to shoot you up like a clay pigeon and then take out their rifles. I lived that, and I got to see the perspective from up in the sky. "
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" Creative burnout and physical burnout is real. I mean, there are moments when I get home - after overseeing, you know, almost 16 collections a year - where I can't move. "
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" One of my fantasies is to produce 'Auntie Mame' as a play. "
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" I feel very fortunate that I make everything I wear head to toe every day. "
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" Authenticity from a person and product is absolutely essential. "
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" As a designer, I'm not interested in trend. "
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" I want to make things of quality. I'm a big believer in handmade, tactile, crafted pieces. I want to keep that tradition alive. "
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" When you make and drape clothing, the scissors are your tool. What can I say about them? They're my babies. And you have to take care of them correctly. You have to have them sharpened, and you can't use them for any other material. "
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" I have so many fashion mistakes, but that's part of being in fashion. I think the people that you see make the most mistakes are usually the best dressers. "
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" I was not a young fashion victim. I really had an idea of what I liked in fashion and how I dressed. "
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