Commercials capture your attention, that's all.
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I couldn't have attended half the parties that I was supposed to have been to according to the newspapers. It bothers me.
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I don't always want my opinion known. What little privacy I have left I'd like to maintain.
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I don't dwell on success. Maybe that's one reason I'm successful.
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I guess I don't have a proper perspective on my fame; if I did, I don't think I'd like it.
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I have the New York Daily News to thank for the jeans controversy.
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I have the reputation of being easygoing. But inside, I'm like nails. I will kill.
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I love women. I'm trying to do beautiful things with them. I'm not trying to insult them. My life is not about that.
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I personally would not have plastic surgery. What the hell for? It looks ridiculous.
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I still drink vodka; I'm not an advocate of drinking, but I'm no angel. I don't like grass, because it just makes me hungry.
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I think there's something incredibly sexy about a woman wearing her boyfriend's T-shirt and underwear.
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I'm a sexual person, and that's reflected in my clothes and my advertisements.
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I'm in a business where no one cares about anything except how well your last collection sold.
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I'm more offended when someone's killed on television than when there's something that's sensuous or sexual. So what?
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I'm neither Democrat nor Republican.
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I'm not a drug addict. My wild period wasn't about drugs; it was about sexual freedom.
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I'm not selling sex. I'm selling underwear and jeans, and I'm not trying to do it with pornography.
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I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.
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I've been strong and determined all my life about many things I've wanted.
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If I allow journalists to describe a collection and they make mistakes, I'm upset, because the retractions are never noticed.
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It seems there's always another rumor about my life; some people are simply talked about more than others.
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Levi's can produce many more Western jeans than we can and make them at a better price.
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My men's-underwear print ads are very popular!
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My wardrobe consists of antique clothes, many of my designs, plus shoes and shirts from Brooks Brothers and Paul Stuart.
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Nothing earth-shattering has happened in men's fashion. How much can you do with men's clothes?
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People have told me about organized crime in the fashion industry, but I can't talk about that. I'm looking to stay alive.
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People read things into my commercials that don't even exist.
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People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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There are a lot of gay people in fashion, but it's not as if every gay person is a great creator.
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There's an awareness of fashion in this country, and it's not limited to gay people.
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Traditionally, the sample is always better than the stock you deliver to the store.
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We're not doing outrageous fashion; I make sports clothes that are relatively conservative, clothes that everyone wears.
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What we're doing is fun - if you have any sense of humor at all!
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When I started the business, I hardly went home. I became very driven about work and about my career.
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Women's Wear Daily can do more than any other publication to establish a designer.
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