Sometimes, when the designer likes more coverage for his foot, he wears sporty fisherman looks or sandals with multiple wide bands draped across the foot, he says.

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Fuentes wears bright red shirts, mimicking Chavez's trademark color of choice, calls himself a proud foot soldier in Chavez's Bolivarian Revolution and in his private office there is a life-size photo of the Venezuelan leader.

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