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Let me give you an idea of Fi...

Let me give you an idea of Fifties Britain. The war had ended ten years before, and most people had returned to their gardens and allotments hoping life would revert to how it was before the hostilities.

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The gods gave man fire and he...

The gods gave man fire and he invented fire engines. They gave him love and he invented marriage.

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All a designer can do is to a...

All a designer can do is to anticipate a mood before people realize that they are bored. It is simply a matter of getting bored first

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One of the things I've learne...

One of the things I've learned is never to horde ideas, because either they are not so relevant or they've gone stale. Whatever it is, pour it out.

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Coco Chanel hated me. I can u...

Coco Chanel hated me. I can understand why.

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I liked my skirts short becau...

I liked my skirts short because I wanted to run and catch the bus to get to work.

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The whole 1960s thing was a t...

The whole 1960s thing was a ten-year running party, which was lovely. It started at the end of the 1950s and sort of faded a bit when it became muddled with flower power. It was marvelous.

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My garden in England is full ...

My garden in England is full of eating-out places, for heat waves, warm September evenings, or lunch on a frosty Christmas morning.

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I divide my time between all ...

I divide my time between all the mud and open space in Surrey and the social life and work in London, particularly Chelsea, which still has the same village feel that it had in the swinging Sixties.

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As the daughter of two teache...

As the daughter of two teachers with first-class degrees, I'd always seen myself as a duffer by comparison.

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I remember one day, when thin...

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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Fashion is a very ongoing, re...

Fashion is a very ongoing, renewing thing, about change and reaching for the next thing. You are permanently dissatisfied, and it's always got to get better.

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People call things 'vulgar' w...

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

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Of course, I remember when ev...

Of course, I remember when everybody was thin. It wasn't until I went to America in the Sixties that I saw anyone who wasn't skinny thin.

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I designed the miniskirt that...

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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Eating outdoors is a particul...

Eating outdoors is a particular passion - that is, eating trestle-table a la nicoise.

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I always designed clothes fro...

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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Vidal Sassoon changed hair fo...

Vidal Sassoon changed hair forever.

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In the old parts of Nice, the...

In the old parts of Nice, the family tables are out in the cobbled streets so that you can't drive past. They insist you join them at midnight on a hot July evening. So that's just what you do, abandoning the car.

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Risk it; go for it. Life alwa...

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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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....