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Giorgio Armani
Age: 90
Born: 1934
Born: July 11
Entrepreneur
Fashion Designer
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The confident artist is a fool.
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Anyone who is passionate about what they do will have a better chance of connecting with future generations than those who simply follow transient trends. At least their work will have a distinctive character, and this is what people respond to, I believe.
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It would be very hard for me to do things somebody else's way.
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Luxury is obviously the direction that interests me the most, but there is a lot of confusion between luxury and exhibitionism. For me, the concept of luxury is more traditional, more exclusive, more sophisticated than luxury for the masses.
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It was a long time ago, we were in the office, and we had finished work exhausted. A friend of a friend said 'Hey, take this it will give you energy,' so I thought I'd try it. I didn't know what it was. It made me laugh and laugh, like crazy...to the point that my back hurt' *he holds his hips* 'like I'd just had a baby.
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Remain true to yourself and your philosophy.
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Italy is not widely thought of as a pioneer of youth culture in the way, say, the UK is.
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Emphasize comfort without compromise.
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I've always worked. I have always been too responsible. But I don't know how to live any other way. I think that this discipline was also demanded of me by my work.
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I've always thought of the T-shirt as the Alpha and Omega of the fashion alphabet, ... The White T.
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The interesting thing about basketball is that it is played recreationally all over the world in playgrounds where people shoot hoops. Perhaps it is because of this that the look of the game seems to have been able to cross over into streetwear more easily than that of some sports that are confined to more specialist arenas.
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I didn't have a happy childhood.
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To create something exceptional, your mindset must be relentlessly focused on the smallest detail.
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Sports are fundamental for growing in a healthy way: they represent fair competition, strength, and exercise, which enhance the body's healthy balance and strengthen the mind.
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China approaches fashion with strong enthusiasm. And I believe that this enthusiasm can be translated into something interesting, economically speaking. Not only for my brand, but also for other brands.
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Elegance is not catching somebody's eyes, it's staying in somebody's memory
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There are always protests, whether you do something good or bad. Even if you do something beneficial, people say you do it because it's advertising.
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Today, people no longer go out with a total look or ensemble taken straight from the runway. Customers mix and match between labels and between price points. The idea is to create something for yourself: what you want, and how you want it. I realize that shoppers want more flexibility and choice now.
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That is what [Andy] Warhol portraits do: They elevate the subject into an icon of the pop culture he was documenting.
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I find that fashion recently has been a little too hasty. Often times, it's put together quickly to catch the attention of the media, and I didn't want to do that.
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