Giambattista Valli Quotes

#1. I love Yves Saint Laurent and Giambattista Valli and Givenchy, and I get given quite a lot, but perhaps nothing is as wonderful as the white fake leather trench coat I got when I was 15.

Natalia Vodianova

#2. At Ungaro, I discovered the flou and the language of Paris.

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#3. He was a generous but subtly demanding boss.

H.W. Brands

#4. He began to see the situation from another angle. An assignment had been given him. Someone's life, a small set of lives had been placed in the palm of his hand. Maybe he would never have any more purpose than this: to accept the assignment gracefully, lovingly, and do the best he could with it.

Anne Tyler

#5. My clothes are for the international jet set. They are very much for the red carpet.

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#6. I think the interesting aspect of life is that you're always sort of in the middle. You're never the youngest and you're never the oldest.

Brie Larson

#7. The hardest thing, as a producer, is to find a director who does the picture for all the right reasons, and not just because they know it's successful or that they can do a good job, but in their bones, they love that genre.

Lorenzo Di Bonaventura

#8. I want a woman to feel the cut of the scissors in the clothes.

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#9. You never came out the way you came in.

Francis Spufford

#10. Regardless of your situation, pray.

Jennifer M. Malone

#11. Sometimes groups and their material can get overbloated.

Fred Schneider

#12. I always say it takes as much preparation and thought to do a small part as a leading part. In some ways, leads are easier because you have the luxury of time to discover the character.

John C. Reilly

#13. Love Life's Loves

Felisha Antonette

#14. Capucci was the biggest schooling I had. It wasn't just about the technical knowledge, such as color and volume, but also about the secret rules, and the beautiful codes of respect between the atelier and the master.

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#15. I have made bouquets of pleats, bouquets of flowers, bouquets of ruffles, bouquets of feathers. Often I design in mousseline, held tightly around the waist, and with something else going on all around.

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#16. Chic is when a woman is in harmony with herself.

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#17. I want to be more like the ocean ... no talk and all action.

Perry Farrell

#18. Rome holds my psyche in balance. Whenever I'm there, it's like a holiday.

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#19. The darkest of men carry the brightest of lights

Joe Putignano

#20. The hardest thing in fashion is not to be known for a logo, but to be known for a silhouette.

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#21. Well the Kop's exclusive. The Spion Kop at Liverpool is an institution. And if you are a member of the Kop you feel as if you are a member of a big society where you've got thousands of friends all roundabout you. And they're united and loyal.

Bill Shankly

#22. I'm a label that wants to sell. I believe in clothes.

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#23. The problem is that resuscitating old labels doesn't work anymore. I think it is very important to give hope to a new generation of designers, so that one day they really can put their own names out there.

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#24. I don't shop. I buy things that inspire me, that give me emotion.

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