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" We need to encourage designers and agencies to be responsible. We need to make sure everyone is sensitive to the issues. But to calculate the girls' body mass - I personally think it is demeaning. "

Diane von Furstenberg
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" The iPad! What is better designed than that? I read magazines on it, I play Scrabble. I use it for everything. "
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