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I keep my old friends, and get older with them, but push young. It's good to be surrounded by kids, because they keep you young.

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Working with Barneys, and choosing the looks, I was thinking about whether a real woman would buy this outfit and feel beautiful and comfortable.

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I am not a celebrity. I work with celebrities, and it is very difficult. When a celebrity wears a dress, it's good for business, so brands fight for the red carpet. Me? I don't like it, because fashion becomes a job about dressing celebrities. And it's a bit boring.

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My private life is a lot more ladylike and less sultry than the fashion photos I imagine.

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I think that ballet is very good for the body. It's very similar to yoga, because you have to hold a position.

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At the start, I had no idea to go into fashion, because I thought people would think I was stupid. I don't worry about those things anymore.

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I started as a writer for magazines, and soon they asked me to illustrate my stories. I started from the bottom of the bottom. And I climbed the stairs, one by one.

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If I like a make-up artist's look, even if nobody knows about her, I use her. New people give me energy.

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When you're editor-in-chief of a big magazine, you cannot be a cover girl for MAC; you cannot be the face of Givenchy - of course you can't; it's doesn't go with the job.

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In Japan, you can learn how to make a bunch of flowers. This is an art. Tea ceremony, it's an art.

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My name has become a brand - it could be make-up, clothing, perfume.

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Amidst globalisation, trends are becoming worldwide, so it's important to take a unique approach to what fashion has to offer. Be yourself in the middle of it all; fashion shouldn't be 'try hard.'

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Anna Wintour is the most powerful woman in the global fashion industry, the first lady of fashion. She's a politician; I'm a stylist. They are two very different jobs.

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When you're getting old, obviously you try to put on the best cream, you have massages, you try to stay beautiful, but I think wrinkles can sometimes be more beautiful than having none.

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When I was working with Tom Ford, he would just look at me and ask, 'Will you wear it?' I'd say, 'Ah, too long, too short, lower waist, deeper V, unbutton' - that sort of thing. I don't create clothes, but I definitely know how to make them come alive.

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Most makeup campaigns are not in black and white.

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I hate people who over intellectualize. It bores me deeply.

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People say I look like my father. My son is very much like him.

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Even though jeans suit me, I never wear jeans.

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The most important thing is posture: when you get old, it's the way you walk, the way you stand, that shows it.

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In a way, I envy the freedom artists have. Artists can push themselves beyond their limits, in pursuit of their ideas and their vision, even if they are inhabited by demons that can also play tricks on them.

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The reason I call my book 'Irreverent' is because there were a lot of pictures that were very irreverent. Maybe I could call my book 'Forgiving' because maybe I made a lot of errors, too.

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To me, makeup is fashion and vice versa. What I dress and what I wear always needs to work with my makeup, which is usually the same anyway.

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There are too many 50-year-olds dressing as 20-year-olds.

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I would never share my daughter's wardrobe. Every five years you have to go through your wardrobe and say, 'This is possible, this is not possible.' But you have to be happy with yourself.

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Makeup can help you capture a moment.

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I love black lingerie and white shoes, and I love knives.

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Look at someone like Steve Jobs. His look wasn't very special - black turtleneck and jeans - but he had style. He looked the same, and you knew it was him when you saw him. Plus, he was a very smart person, which is also very attractive. His style was simple, not distracting, and very strong.

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People think I only wear new clothes, that I'm very trendy, but I like classic things on me, to mix with a trendy pair of shoes.

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London Fashion Week isn't the most organised, but I don't mind that. It's such an exciting place - it's small and cool.

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I'm still like a butterfly going from one job to another job. But it's quite lovely - I hope to keep this freedom, to have fun.

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I want more women to run countries. There'd be more peace on Earth.

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You lose attitude when you feel too comfortable, so I prefer to wear clothes that have a certain edge to them.

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Thinking differently is my strength.

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The hair and makeup is very important in a fashion picture. When I create a look for a girl, it starts with the makeup. Sometimes it takes an entire day to find the look.

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I actually love the 'rappers look,' with the saggy pants and oversized clothes. It's very deliberate.

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