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Create your own style ... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.

I went to Wimbledon before I could walk. It's just been a lifelong passion.

They (fashion editors) have always been our secret weapon.

If you can't be better than your competition, just dress better.

'Vogue' is a fashion magazine, and a fashion magazine is about change.

Well it just looks so ugly. Is it a boy or is it a girl?

Some people have the Bible. I have Vogue.

There's a new kind of woman out there ... She doesn't have time to shop anymore. She wants to know what and why and where and how.

I don't really follow market research. In the end, I respond to my own instincts.

It's the mishaps that make it fun, and brings you the surprise.

One should look forward rather than backwards.

Fashion is a reflection of our times. Fashion can tell you everything that's going on in the world with a strong fashion image.

If one comes across sometimes as being cold or brusque, it's simply because I'm striving for the best.

There's always a way to wear fur,

I worked for Harper's Bazaar. They fired me. I recommend that you all get fired; it's a great learning experience.

People respond well to those that are sure of what they want.

I'd just been on a trip to Minnesota, where I can only kindly describe most of the people I saw as little houses.

Gisele Bundchen is a bit of a jock. 1 of my fave shoots is her playing football

I'm interested in seeing just the girl on the street because she is unlike any other. I'm inspired by whatever it is she might be wearing.

Fashion is not beautiful, neither is it ugly. Why should it be either? Fashion is fashion.

It's always about timing. If it's too soon, no one understands. If it's too late, everyone's forgotten.

Fashion goes in only one direction -forward- and I am a firm believer in thinking that way too.

There is something about fashion that can make people really nervous.

I've never taken a selfie and I don't plan to start now,

I wasn't academically successful. And maybe I've spent a lot of my career trying to make up for that.

I never pay any attention. I'm sure it's not such a good way to be, but I don't really follow market research.

To be in 'Vogue' has to mean something. It's an endorsement. It's a validation.

I don't like people who are late.

I love coming in and changing magazines.

Even if I'm completely unsure, I'll pretend I know exactly what I'm talking about and make a decision.

The notion that Anna would want something done "now" and not "shortly" is accurate.

Tears? Are you going for a Barbara Walters moment?

It's important for young women and men coming out of the fashion schools to think seriously before starting their own collections.

I don't think of myself as a powerful person.

To be in Vogue has to mean something

I'm horribly hands-on, I'm afraid. I like to read every caption.

The gossip might make better reading, but the simple fact of the matter is that it isn't true.

Fashion's not about looking back. It's always about looking forward.

It is a family; it's a slightly dysfunctional family, but it's also very close and warm and loving family.

[The democratization of luxury] means more people are going to get better fashion. And the more people who can have fashion, the better.

It is so important for designers not to run scared, and not to be too worried about what's safe and what's commercial.

'Vogue' is the best of everything that fashion can offer, and I think we point the way. We are, you know, a glamorous girlfriend.

You either know fashion or you don't.

The best way to make dream come true is to wake up.

I surround myself with a talented group of people that are opinionated and interesting. I try to remain very open to what others have to say.

Gisele Bundchen, along w Kate Moss, is a phenomenon. I wish models knew they have to have a personality