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I absolutely adore cows. They're the most fascinating, gentle and beautiful animals. Their eyes are so amazing. I have ten that live on the land around my house. I love to talk to them. There are few things better than falling asleep in a field and being woken up by an inquisitive cow.

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I used to start re-arranging my school uniform, hitching up my skirt to be more exciting-looking.

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I remember one day, when things were going frightfully well, I went to buy myself a really smashing car. I asked them to show me a Porsche with an automatic gearbox, and the salesman called over all the other salesmen, and they stood around absolutely roaring with laughter.

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Risk it; go for it. Life always gives you another chance, another go at it. It's very important to take enormous risks.

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I designed the miniskirt that caused so much havoc in the Sixties - the miniskirt that was such fun but has travelled well to today.

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Only ugliness is obscene.

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The fashionable woman is sexy, witty, and dry-cleaned.

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Fashion is a tool... to compete in life outside the home. People like you better, without knowing why, because people always react well to a person they like the looks of.

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People call things 'vulgar' when they are new to them. When they have become old, they become 'good taste.'

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I always designed clothes from a very young age because I didn't like the way they were. They were paralyzing; they were stilted.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Designer

Born: February 11th, 1934

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