"I'm a designer but not a Chinese designer, " says 28-year-old celebrity designer Xander Zhou.

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But I'm a designer.

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I'm a graphic designer who, until recently, used a desktop app called Skitch to quickly share images with clients.

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There's a yoga room available any time of day (I walked in on the head menswear designer meditating there at around 11 a.m. on a Tuesday.) At the prodding of Chouinard's wife, Malinda, Patagonia was one of the first companies in California to provide on-site, subsidized day care.

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I'm drawn to thrift stores instead of designer boutiques.

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"If I'm at an event sponsored by a designer, I pick at the really chic food passed around, " said Lauren Shane, a 28-year-old stylist who goes by the name elshane and works for celebrities such as pop-star Carly Rae Jepsen.

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After some idle chatter (we have known each other for longer than we might care to admit), she zeroes in on what I'm wearing, identifying it within seconds as somewhat ancient designer clobber.

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I've mentioned Stella McCartney before with regard to sports and I'm mentioning her again here because she is probably the only designer out there properly considering how women want to look on the course.

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"I'm very happy if they want to hang out, " the designer says.

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"I'm a big believer in not looking like everybody else, " said 25-year-old designer Wes Gordon, who created a Nancy Reagan-esque red pantsuit for his namesake collection.

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