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I never wanted to be the most famous, the most beautiful, the most extravagant.

Manolo Blahnik

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Manolo Blahnik
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: November 27
Artist
Businessperson
Dressmaker
Fashion Designer
Shoe Designer
Manuel Blahnik Rodríguez
Manuel Blahnik Rodriguez
Extravagant
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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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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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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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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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I don't like very young women very much. Never did.
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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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I've never been tempted to do these hideous furniture shoes.
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Maintenance is terribly important.
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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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Passion is passion. It's a sort of madness and possession of what you do or what you think. This is the difference of life: passion and commerce, which most of the people know as P.C. But people have just got C now instead of P.
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People walk differently in high heels. Your body sways to a different kind of tempo.
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These are very dainty and superrefined, but really vile.
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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 didn't need it [formal training], because I've got the best taste in the world.
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I forget about the diseases that I have. I don't want to know.
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I adore Jean-Louis Trintignant - even at 100 years old he's fabulous.
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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 wish I was making shoes instead of reading or watching movies, which is what I do in my free time.
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I'm loyal to my thoughts, to my friends. This is what I really like the best. Loyalty. Sounds goody-goody. Maybe that's not the one you wanted.
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