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It's true that fashion is looking at fashion all the time, and this is quite boring.

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Nicolas Ghesquiere
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: May 9
Designer
Grand Couturier
Clarmont-Ferrand
Nicolas Ghesquiere
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Fashion
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