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“I think there is something about luxury - it's not something people need, but it's what they want. It really pulls at their heart.”
“My relationship with fashion has always been that each of us stars in our own movies and costumes ourselves to play the part we want. You take blouses and jeans and dresses, and you put them together, and they tell your story.”
“I have the word 'Shameless' tattooed on my chest.”
“To me, beauty and makeup and color is like the finishing touch on everything.”
“I've never been a business person, nor have I ever pretended to understand the first thing about it.”
“I don't love Photoshop; I like imperfection. It doesn't mean ugly. I love a girl with a gap between her teeth, versus perfect white veneers. Perfection is just... boring. Perfect is what's natural or real; that is beauty.”
“My opinion about myself is so based on what other people think of me.”
“I'd like to believe that the women who wear my clothes are not dressing for other people, that they're wearing what they like and what suits them. It's not a status thing.”
“I love attention.”
“I do think that in order for a company to be interesting to the investment community, there needs to be a plan; there needs to be a bigger retail footprint. There needs to be this idea - DNA, lifestyle, words I hate.”
“We don't need fashion to survive, we just desire it so much.”
“I don't see myself as being as big of an influence as other people seem to think.”
“Listen, 'real' women are the reason the fashion industry exists.”
“I believe that anything can be for men or women. I mean, I've worn a lace dress before!”
“I like spending time at home. In Paris, people drop by and have a bite to eat, or they drop by and watch Friends on TV. I take my dog to the office there, and I walk to work sometimes.”
“Marc Jacobs is full of creative people and Louis Vuitton is again a name on the door, a name that has existed for many years but I'm a collaborator there and I bring in other people, other artists and I work with a great creative design team.”
“I love how the reality of fashion is all about something for that moment and then the extremity of dismissal.”
“I really do believe that art changes the landscape of the world.”
“I have no problem going on record with this and probably have gone on record with this before, there aren't that many people who I respect. There just aren't.”
“I want to be as honest as I possibly can. I sleep better at night.”