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My cats are really sassy and sophisticated, but most importantly, they are picky.

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Cats, Most, Picky, Sophisticated

I dress some of the most successful women in the world, and meeting these women rubs off on you. A few years ago, the woman was someone I imagined in my head. Now they're real. It's important my work evolve along with me and that I show more facets of myself.

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Woman, Dress, Some, Rubs

I think clothing is transformative. When you put something really beautiful on, you feel something. In so many ways, we're always playing a form of dress-up - it's just a grown-up, much chicer version of it. It's nice to be able to be whoever you want to be.

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Feel, I Think, Put, Clothing

A lot happened in Vancouver. It was my first Western experience. I learned English, which is my second language. I became very acquainted with Western culture. I had my first sewing machine when I was 9. I trained in fashion illustration when I was in school.

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Very, Became, Trained, Illustration

I don't believe that you have to dress in a masculine way to seem powerful. I think that the way a woman dresses doesn't have to be so aggressive. Being feminine is a powerful feature in itself. Power is in a person's demeanor.

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Dress, Think, Demeanor, Aggressive

A lot of my peers don't think about collaborating the way I do. My approach is to imagine my world. The Jason Wu woman isn't just floating around in a beautiful dress. I like to know where she's going, what she likes. I'm not just in the fashion business. I'm in the lifestyle business.

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Woman, Dress, Peers, Floating

I would buy Barbies and take them apart and then remake their looks. I used them for hairstyling. It was a whole process. I had a lot of dolls - like 150.

- Jason Wu

Process, Like, Buy, Remake

My inspirations come from everywhere. It's important to look at everything and anything. I think what I create is serious fashion, but I don't want to keep my focus on that. You have to look at a lot of different things. I mean, people are always surprised when they find out that my favorite show is 'RuPaul's Drag Race.'

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Show, I Think, Inspirations, Mean People

Brizo has been my single biggest sponsor since I began as a designer. Brizo wanted to be involved in many different areas of design - they had already worked with several architects, and fashion was an area they were interested in moving into.

- Jason Wu

Been, Sponsor, Several, Different Areas

Designers have always shown outlandish and exuberant clothes, but that hasn't always translated to the streets.

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Always, Designers, Shown, Outlandish

I have been wanting to do beauty for years and to pair with an international beauty company. It will solidify the image of Jason Wu as a world. All my shows have a distinctive hair and makeup look. It feels so natural for me; the woman who wears my clothes would have my makeup as part of her beauty regime.

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Makeup, Been, Feels, International

I came from product design originally - I had been designing dolls for a toy company since I was 16 - so I'm used to working with plastic and different things. I had an innate interest in objects.

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Been, Objects, Had, Different Things

I worked 10 years as a toy designer before I started my career as a fashion designer. It's something I just fell into and really liked.

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Career, Started, Before, Fashion Designer

The Taiwanese are big on tea. I think it's nice to slow down a bit. It's very much a custom.

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Think, Big, Very, Taiwanese

My mom is a really good cook. We used to make dumplings together.

- Jason Wu

Mom, Cook, Good Cook, Together

I make very proper clothes. But I was never that person. For a long time, I thought that was the image I needed to have for my brand. And I thought that's the person that I needed to be. Because it gave me a distinct image that no one can deny.

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Image, Very, Deny, Brand

I've always loved the rustic, slightly worn style of Canvas and that element of an artisanal hand. It's so inherently chic.

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Always, Canvas, Slightly, Element

We all want to be a little glamorous, a little playful and a little mischievous at times.

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Want, Mischievous, Times, Playful

A perfectly fitted sheath dress that can take you from day to night is something that every woman should have in her closet. You can't go wrong with black, but a little bit of color is nice. I love a lot of color, personally. You can accessorize a sheath dress. Look at how Michelle Obama accessorizes clothes to make them her own.

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Love, Dress, Perfectly, Fitted

I saw my potential as artistic director, which is very different from designer. Fashion companies might have $200 million to $300 million in annual sales - Hugo Boss has €2.5 billion. I have to create a world that is believable and also relevant in 7,000 sales points around the world.

- Jason Wu

Boss, Very, Hugo, Believable

There is always going to be that luxury customer out there. I have clients who buy $10,000 dresses and clients who buy $60 dresses. It's not so much about the money. Design is a mentality.

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Always, Clients, Going, Customer

When I moved to America, I knew I wanted to be a designer. I never imagined one of my dresses would end up in the Smithsonian.

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Knew, Moved, Designer, Smithsonian

I don't feel comfortable talking about the specifics of how it all comes together, but the truth is, I don't ever know when Michelle Obama is going to wear my clothes! She, like everyone else, picks her outfits and wears them when she wants - sometimes two or three times. It's not ever calculated.

- Jason Wu

Sometimes, About, Michelle, Outfits

I'm an American designer. It's important to riff on that. I remember, when my mom and I first came to the States, she was so shocked that everyone was so dressed down in sandals and shorts. It's not quite like that in Asia. To give that a superluxurious makeover? For me to make street wear? It's sort of chic to do it.

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I Remember, Wear, Riff, Shorts

Being feminine in the way you dress doesn't have to compromise who you are as a woman or your career.

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Woman, Dress, Career, Compromise

I am an Asian designer. I was born in Taiwan. That is who I am. But I am a designer, like any designer of any race. Growing up in the '80s in Taiwan, the arts were not considered a career.

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Career, Race, Like, Asian

I hope I am the antithesis of disposable fashion.

- Jason Wu

Hope, I Am, Antithesis, Disposable

My favorite thing about Taiwan is the food.

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Favorite, Taiwan, About, Favorite Thing

I made a rule not to be on reality shows.

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Made, Shows, Rule, Reality Shows

I call white the most powerful non-color; it's clean, optimistic, powerful.

- Jason Wu

Call, Most, Optimistic, Most Powerful

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