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Running a fashion business takes the heart of a good gambler. You're always dealing with new things. And there's no guarantee that anything new is going to be successful.

Yes, I've always been fashion conscious.

The fashion world has always been part of my life.

I have always worked a bit with fashion people. I worked with Issey Miyake for a while, then Dolce & Gabbana; now we're working with Valentino. It's fine. The fashion world is a fairly weird world, but there are good people in it. It's weird because their timetables are unbearable.

I definitely have an appreciation for fashion.

I love fashion. Over the past year I've got heavily into it.

I've always been passionate about fashion.

I had a fundamental love of fashion, of products and accessories. I loved the merchandising side of it and understanding how to maximize sales.

I've been working seriously in giving fashion a place that it deserves.

You know, the fashion business is this legendary repository of young girls on their way to getting husbands. I really wanted to work.