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"   Photo: Getty Images  We&amp;#039;ll be the first to say that Giorgio Armani is inimitable, but the designer certainly echoed this sentiment in a very self-assertive interview in The New York Times. His comments were aimed at many high-profile members of the industry, including Miuccia Prada and his former apprentice Stefano Pilati. Let&amp;#039;s just say he wasn&amp;#039;t shy about his opinions on design or his own legacy. We rounded up a few of our favorite quotes, below: On conceptual fashion: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a defect that many designers have\u2014Prada most of all.&amp;quot; On his former assistant&amp;#039;s design aesthetic: &amp;quot;Pilati&amp;#039;s already doing Armani.&amp;quot; On choosing a successor: &amp;quot;If I choose someone from my staff, it will become more Armani than Armani. So what do I do?...So the solution is to remain here while I can and create a group of people that I can trust, with one person by my side.&amp;quot; Read the full interview here. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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