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Really, the '70s and '80s were a blur.

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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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It's the only thing I get inspired by! I get inspired by dreams. Who cares about the rest?
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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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Trends don't interest me.
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Maintenance is terribly important.
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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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I adore Jean-Louis Trintignant - even at 100 years old he's fabulous.
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People walk differently in high heels. Your body sways to a different kind of tempo.
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I wish I was making shoes instead of reading or watching movies, which is what I do in my free time.
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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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Men tell me that I've saved their marriages. It costs them a fortune in shoes, but it's cheaper than a divorce. So I'm still useful, you see.
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It was a different social structure. I'd go to [David] Bailey's for dinner at 10:30. There were always girls there and a house full of . . . I don't know, anybody. Cecil Beaton, Diana Cooper . . . And there I am sitting down with these creatures of the 20th century, and it was normal to us.
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About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.
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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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I forget about the diseases that I have. I don't want to know.
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My shoes are special shoes for discerning feet.
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If I was a woman, I would be dressed in the same thing for a month and just change my hat and gloves. Maybe my shoes too yes, I see what you mean but, really, it's jewels that change an outfit.
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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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I didn't need it [formal training], because I've got the best taste in the world.
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I don't think about myself very much.
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A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.
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