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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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Manolo Blahnik
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: November 27
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Manuel Blahnik Rodríguez
Manuel Blahnik Rodriguez
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