I do enjoy my own company. I cannot imagine anybody entertaining me more than I do. If it sounds selfish, I don't care. I made it a religion almost.
Manolo BlahnikI love exaggerated, and I love eccentric, but you must be comfortable. Otherwise it is nonsense. There is nothing charming about a woman who cannot walk in her shoes.
Manolo BlahnikI'm going to do what I do, even more exaggerated. This is my attitude always. I don't betray myself at all.
Manolo BlahnikWhat is fashion? It's discipline. Discipline and a credo to do only the best, down to the smallest detail.
Manolo BlahnikI watched L'eclisse [1962] with Alain Delon and Monica Vitti. Changed my world. What a glamorous and modern film. This is what a genius is - the thing of a genius. The dresses, the tiny heels, the Cardin look, the boys dressed up as Italian gigolos - it was divine, very modern. [Michelangelo] Antonioni, I loved and I realized: how modern.
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