De vandaag overleden mode-ontwerper was een man die sterke en moderne
vrouwen op handen droeg, zo getuige deze woorden van wijsheid.

Over stijl
1.'Fashion is about dressing according to what's fashionable. Style is more about being yourself.'

2.'I am not interested in shock tactics. I just want to make beautiful clothes.'

3.'You have to walk like you have three men walking behind you.'

4.'I want to make clothes that people will wear, not styles that will make a big splash on the runway.'

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Over vrouwen 
5.'When
I started, the woman went to the store to buy a dress. She saw it in
pink and red, and then she remembered that the husband, who is probably
going to pay for the dress, loves it in pink. So she buys the pink.
Today, the same woman goes to the store and remembers the husband likes
pink, and she buys the red
.'

6.'We live in an era of
globalisation and the era of the woman. Never in the history of the
world have women been more in control of their destiny.'

7. 'The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.'

Over zijn werk als ontwerper
8.'My job as a designer is to make a woman feel her very best.'

9.'We're
dealing with sophisticated customers. What's most important to these
women is individuality. I have to create things she'll want to wear, no
matter who she is.'

10.'There is always an emotional element to anything that you make.'

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