"Andrew is one of those guys, no matter what I ask him, it's always yes, " says Steven Kolb, who runs the Council of Fashion Designers of America.

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"ADs would always call and ask for permission to interview my assistants, and I'd say that if you interview him, you'll hire him, " Fry said.

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