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Paris is paramount for fashion, always was - always will be.

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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
Paramount
Paris
Fashion
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It was so interesting that the girls were moving in such a different way.
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Maintenance is terribly important.
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Trends don't interest me.
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I'm relating to a period that doesn't exist anymore.
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I adore Jean-Louis Trintignant - even at 100 years old he's fabulous.
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I don't like very young women very much. Never did.
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My shoes are special shoes for discerning feet.
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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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I'm always kind of contradictory to what people want and what's selling. But maybe I should care now because I have two or three more outlets. I have to be more adaptable color-wise to what people want. It's usually just black and pink, and that's it.
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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 didn't need it [formal training], because I've got the best taste in the world.
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People walk differently in high heels. Your body sways to a different kind of tempo.
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The greatest luxury is being free.
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It's the only thing I get inspired by! I get inspired by dreams. Who cares about the rest?
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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'm going to do what I do, even more exaggerated. This is my attitude always. I don't betray myself at all.
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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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When I was a boy I remember the women, how they dressed, how they behaved, what was important to them at the time. Like Lee Marvin and Gloria Grahame in The Big Heat.
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I saw these girls like Sherilyn Fenn and Lara Flynn Boyle that should be working now instead of these anonymous girls. They're all the same.
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