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I have total confidence in Beaute Prestige International to accompany me in creating a perfume that interprets my work and my world.

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Work, Confidence, Prestige, Accompany

My father could be very strict, but very fair. His father was the same. We all respected my grandfather; he was the head of the clan. Every morning, we all had to say good morning and kiss his hand. But not me. I jumped on his lap and bit him.

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Father, Very, Had, Respected

There was a woman in Tunisia called Madame Pinot. She was a midwife and had helped in the birth of my siblings and me. I assisted her. I helped women give birth to a lot of babies when I was very young.

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Woman, Give, Very, Midwife

As a child, I was raised with my grandmother, alongside all my cousins, and the kitchen was always full.

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Always, I Was Raised, Kitchen

I'm working 24 hours a day. I have had a house in Tunisia for 20 years, and I never have time to go because there are collections, fittings.

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Go, Hours, Had, Tunisia

I love American girls. They're audacious. They put more outrageous things on their bodies than anybody.

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Love, More, Bodies, Audacious

I had used the stretch materials for years to shape the inside of garments I made for private clients. Then I just started using them on their own.

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Clients, Private, Using, Garments

There is a sensuality about fabric. I think all materials should be inviting when they touch the skin. When I watch children stroking their mother's clothes, I feel that I have succeeded.

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Think, I Think, Inviting, Sensuality

The present fashion system is too hard - there are too many collections. The designers have no time to think! Money is too important. Schedules are too crazy.

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Think, No Time, Designers, Collections

I want to create a foundation, like a maison, in my home in the Marais. I am going to leave everything there. I am only passing through. I'm not a proprietor of anything, even if I have homes and things.

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Through, Like, Going, Passing

Ballet costumes are easier that opera because they are designed for movement.

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Opera, Easier, Ballet, Costumes

I never followed fashion. It's women who have dictated my conduct.

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Never, Conduct, Followed, Dictated

In an ordinary suit and tie, I'd look like a little macho. I'd be ridiculous.

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Ridiculous, Like, Tie, Macho

'Vogue' remains while its fashion editors come and go.

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Go, Come, Remains, Vogue

I put myself on the same level as everyone else around me - from the directrice to the workman, everyone. Except my pets - they are the Kings; you must treat them like royalty.

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Treat, Pets, Workman, Same Level

I'm always telling young designers to take the time to surround themselves with women.

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Always, Telling, Take, Surround

I learned French in Tunis, along with Arabic. I also learned French history. I knew the entire history of the kings of France. And I was fascinated by Versailles.

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Kings, Knew, Learned, French

Karl Lagerfeld never touched a pair of scissors in his life.

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Never, Touched, Karl, Scissors

Beyonce is a beautiful, elegant woman who is also a wonderful dancer. And her voice is sublime. Just like her husband, Jay-Z, Beyonce has real talent. They are both the kind of truly great artist who will be remembered by history. Their child will be lucky to have such talented parents.

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Woman, Voice, Lucky, Sublime

Anna Wintour doesn't deal with pictures; she is just doing PR and business, and she scares everybody.

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She, Deal, Scares, Anna

Who will remember Anna Wintour in the history of fashion? No one.

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History, Remember, Will, Anna

As for success, I don't care for it. It is a fragile thing.

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Success, Fragile, Thing, Fragile Thing

There are certain people I am allergic to. I even intervene when I don't like a customer; I rush in and check all the names. If I don't like them, I don't take them.

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Check, Like, Them, Allergic

When you have one idea per year, it's already a miracle!

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Miracle, Year, Idea, Per

In modelling, it's very hard to keep in touch with the people you knew when you started.

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Knew, Keep, Very, Modelling

I'm happier about my friends than I am about my work. I still have a long way to go with work. My friends, that's the one thing I'm sure about.

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Work, Sure, Still, Long Way

I used to spend my nights oversewing dresses for a local dressmaker in order to pay for my school equipment.

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Equipment, Used, Pay, Nights

I want to speak directly with a star, not her stylist.

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Star, Want, Her, Directly

When I was growing up, I never heard the word 'racism.' It was only in Paris I encountered that.

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Racism, Growing, Never, Encountered

I take it to heart that, for example, there aren't enough funds for AIDS research, but people pay 20 times the value of an item of clothing.

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Enough, Pay, Item, Funds

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