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I adore Jean-Louis Trintignant - even at 100 years old he's fabulous.

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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 only saw one collection of Victoria Beckham, and I thought it was very much like Pierre Cardin or Marcel Rochas dresses. She's thought about it, and she knows what she wants. And people buy it, so that means she works. She has this incredible will power to do something that she likes to do. And I love that. I respect that.
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It was so interesting that the girls were moving in such a different way.
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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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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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About half my designs are controlled fantasy, 15 percent are total madness and the rest are bread-and-butter designs.
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Paris is paramount for fashion, always was - always will be.
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Maintenance is terribly important.
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Trends don't interest me.
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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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I don't know why my shoes are so popular - I am always surprised and mystified by it.
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A lot of things trigger my inspiration. It can be the most banal things.
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My shoes are special shoes for discerning feet.
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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 didn't need it [formal training], because I've got the best taste in the world.
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I never wanted to be the most famous, the most beautiful, the most extravagant.
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These are very dainty and superrefined, but really vile.
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I always love China, especially the old China.
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I am not a movie star or a football player, I just do my thing.
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I'd been to Saint Petersburg before, but there's been a change in people's minds. Maybe it's a fashionable thing, but people have returned to the churches. I went to a Russian Orthodox and a Catholic church - both of the queues, enormous!
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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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