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#1. Often something more simple would be better. Sometimes I put things together - a shirt, a sweater, a jacket - and it's too complicated. I would have worn only a v-neck sweater, it would have been better. It's not the clothes but it's how you wear them sometimes.

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#2. If you don't feel comfortable in a plunging sweater, skin-tight jeans and killer heels, go home and change.

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#3. The secret of great style is to feel good in what you wear

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#4. Matching shoes and bags immediately age you by 10 years.

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#5. It is true that in France, women put on less things. If they have a necklace, they don't put on earrings; if they have nail polish, they don't put on all their rings and all their bracelets.

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#6. I had no luck when I started out as a model. I keep telling people that it's the only career in the world that you can't choose for yourself - you have to be chosen.

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#7. I would love to live in India or in the South of France, but Roger Vivier doesn't have offices yet in New Delhi or Jaipur.

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#8. You can go out and hate everybody, hate your age, and hate all the things you don't have but it will show; you have the face you deserve.

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#9. Buying a matching blouse and skirt from the same store is a crime. A clever mix of chic and cheap hits the jackpot. Know how to mix styles and labels.

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#10. People imagine I am always in a Bentley with pearls and diamonds and black glasses and Karl Lagerfeld next to me.

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#11. Being unafraid of not being liked is the best way to be liked

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#12. I saw a lot of haute couture all my childhood, and without knowing it I've learned from when I was a child to recognise beautiful fabrics.

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#13. Overall when you work in fashion, you're always in a rush. You're always a little late, always in a hurry. Every single moment's important, so you never have enough time to do what you want to do. It's ridiculous.

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#14. One thing Della Valle taught me is the power to say no if something isn't right. That mattered even over sales.

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#15. Even if you live in a tiny village, there's an Internet site. It's quite easy to find clothes, but sometimes women don't know how to mix them.

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#16. Life is never what it seems - and that's the great thing about it

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