Her comments were echoed by Wales Rally GB's sporting and logistics manager, Claire Parker.

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The "marriage" was celebrated at a glitzy dinner attended by the aforementioned pals as well as such longtime Rodriguez clients as Sarah Jessica Parker and Claire Danes, but less than two years into it Rodriguez was back on his own.

WSJ: Narciso Rodriguez's Life in Fashion

Barry Bloom, Jim Caple, Chris De Luca, Gordon Edes, Jeff Fletcher, Gerry Fraley, Paul Hagen, Tom Haudricourt, Mike Imrem, Bruce Jenkins, Richard Justice, Tim Kawakami, Tom Keegan, Tim Kurkjian, Carrie Muskat, Bob Nightengale, Ian O'Connor, Buster Olney, Rob Parker, Joe Posnanski, Ron Rapoport, Tracy Ringolsby, Henry Schulman, Claire Smith, Jayson Stark, Dave Van Dyck.

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