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Young designers are being inundated with sponsorship cash from buzz-hungry corporations tenuously connected to style. Was your show sponsored by Tampax?

"I like to be a little more girly and pretty, but a little bit off."

As it goes toe-to-toe with Abercrombie & Fitch in the teen market , Ralph Lauren hopes that Rugby will grab the ball and run with it.

"There's a dress code, but I never follow it. No one else dresses like me at school."

Marc Jacobs is fashion’s awkward, lonely outsider. Marc Jacobs is fashion’s coolest, most influential designer. The paradoxical triumph of a lost city boy.

"You realize that you’re making a lot of money and spending tons of it on clothes. Guys would come over and snip your tie in half if it was ugly."

"I’m on a Dolly Parton kick. I worship Dolly. She’s my idol."

I think H&M is brilliant. Everyone has the opportunity to have style; it’s not about having a million dollars. Maybe it has something to do with Sweden being a socialist country, but I love this concept.

"We are beautiful people inside and out. When someone sees us, it's a pleasant experience. When they get to know us, we are lovely people inside."

"My wife likes to dress me. I like to say that I’m sleeping with my stylist rather than that I’m just whipped."