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I am not a movie star or a football player, I just do my thing.

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Manolo Blahnik
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: November 27
Artist
Businessperson
Dressmaker
Fashion Designer
Shoe Designer
Manuel Blahnik Rodríguez
Manuel Blahnik Rodriguez
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I never wanted to be the most famous, the most beautiful, the most extravagant.
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I'm loyal to my friends, but I have so few now.I force myself to see people when they're here. Or when I'm here. I don't live in England that much now in the sense that I spend time in factories. I'm such a factory man now. This is really what I enjoy doing.
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I don't know why my shoes are so popular - I am always surprised and mystified by it.
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I love exaggerated, and I love eccentric, but you must be comfortable. Otherwise it is nonsense. There is nothing charming about a woman who cannot walk in her shoes.
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The imprint of Miss Hepburn is absolutely, totally present. Like it or not, she will be the most important look of the twentieth century.
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I always love China, especially the old China.
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Trends don't interest me.
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A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.
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People walk differently in high heels. Your body sways to a different kind of tempo.
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You get two weeks after you do a shoe where you can test whether it's good or not - if you're going to like it in 20 years. Then I know that it's going to be my shoe for a long time. That doesn't happen very often, but it happens.
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Shoes are the quickest way for women to achieve instant metamorphosis.
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Really, the '70s and '80s were a blur.
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I don't think about myself very much.
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I don't even know Amanda Seyfried or whatever - they're all the same!
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The only people that come to my mind in the last years are Lee McQueen and John Galliano. Truly, truly . . . How do I say? Full of ideas. Full of the smell. They just had this incredible passion for what they did.
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My most treasured clothing item is first suit that I made - acid green. It was disgusting, but I love it. It's been mended a million times, but I still wear it.
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Everything is global now. It's not London, it's not Spain, it's not Italy - everything is everywhere. So you have to be everywhere, I guess.
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I didn't need it [formal training], because I've got the best taste in the world.
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It's the only thing I really enjoy - so fresh, even now that I'm doing the new sampling. I'm dying to go to the factory, which is like nobody's idea of fun. But it's mine.
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What is fashion? It's discipline. Discipline and a credo to do only the best, down to the smallest detail.
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