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Let me tell you, I'm not sure if America runs on donuts, but I sure do! Nothin' like a little simple sugar icing to get the blood pumping at 9:00 A.M.

~Chris Benz

Topics: America Blood Donuts Get Icing Like Little Me Nothin Pumping Runs Simple Sugar Sure Tell You

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As a designer looking to the future, you don't want to get lost in the archives.

~Chris Benz

Topics: Archives Designer Future Get Looking Lost Want You

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I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, where it's all about being comfortable. I try to bring that undercurrent to what I do. It's great to have beautiful, dressed-up clothes that still feel casual.

~Chris Benz

Topics: About Beautiful Being Bring Casual Clothes Comfortable Feel Great Grew Northwest Pacific Still Try Up Where

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I love the challenge of taking colors that are totally disparate and making them work together in an interesting way.

~Chris Benz

Topics: Challenge Colors Disparate Interesting Love Making Taking Them Together Totally Way Work Work Together I Love

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I'm always inspired by all of my friends. I aspire to make clothes that my friends would want to wear, that they would gravitate towards anyway.

~Chris Benz

Topics: Always Anyway Aspire Clothes Friends Gravitate Inspired Make Towards Want Wear Would

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I remember watching 'The Carol Burnett Show' with my parents as a kid. All those weird outfits she wore, like turtlenecks and long skirts, really stayed in my head.

~Chris Benz

Topics: Burnett Carol Carol Burnett Head Kid Like Long Outfits Parents Really Remember She Show Skirts Stayed Those Watching Weird Wore I Remember

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I'd call my work 'instinctual design.' I like to find the spirit of a piece that defies time, age, and occasion. My clothes give the wearer the chance to develop their own voice within a wardrobe, and I think of them as curators of their personal style.

~Chris Benz

Topics: Age Call Chance Clothes Design Develop Find Give Instinctual Like Occasion Own Personal Personal Style Piece Spirit Style Them Think Time Voice Wardrobe Within Work I Think

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I went to Parsons. American sportswear was my education, and that is what is important to me.

~Chris Benz

Topics: American Education Important Me

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I have no problem with being underdressed.

~Chris Benz

Topics: Being No Problem Problem

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While at Parsons, I interned at Marc Jacobs, which was great. When I graduated, I went to work at J. Crew; that was also really great.

~Chris Benz

Topics: Also Crew Graduated Great Marc Really Which While Work

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Designer

Born: Unknown

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