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" You want to question what is important and why is it important. I don't have all the answers, but I'm very curious to know and learn. "

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" Fashion has a huge responsibility - in what we show on the runway, what we do in editorial, who we dress - to make sure it represents differences. If we don't, we're giving in to the discrimination. "

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" I really feel blessed that I'm able to do what I love and make a living at it and have people come and see it. I mean, what an incredibly blessed life! "

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" I've always found it interesting when I look at a woman, and she's beautiful and everything, but there's an inner strength. "

" I came from Bill Blass, where it was a well-oiled machine and if I said I needed a fabric, it was done. Now, I have to budget everything. I have to take on the role not just as a designer but a business. But I'm a glass half-full kind of guy. "

" I decided if it was going to be a mistake to come to New York and try and make a career in fashion, then it was going to be my mistake... But the American dream is real. I'm living it. "

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" For my first big Fashion Week event, the factory wouldn't give me my clothes because I didn't have the $25,000 it cost to make them. "

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" I've always been interested in a femininity with a bite. I always think a little bit of a kick is great. "

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" I grew up with a single mother who brought us up. I always look back at my career, and everything that has happened to me is because of the support of women. My mother, my sister, Michelle Obama, Kate Middleton - all these women have believed in my designs and worn them and given me a platform to increase my visibility. "

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