FASHION

Photos: What Millennials Like Me Can Learn From 70-Year-Old Norma Kamali

by Emilia Petrarca

Norma Kamali

When a 24-year-old writer worked out with the 70-year-old design legend, she learned the designer had a few wise life lessons to impart about being a woman in fashion.

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Norma Kamali in her 56th street flagship store. Photo by Emilia Petrarca.

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Norma Kamali at the 2005 CFDA Awards. Photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images.

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Norma Kamali and Marc Jacobs circa 1980.

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Norma Kamali, 1997. Photo by Jack Mitchell/Getty Images.

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Norma Kamali, 1998. Photo by Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images.

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Rihanna wearing Norma Kamali to perform at the 2016 BRIT Awards. Photo by Getty Images.

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Miley Cyrus wearing Norma Kamali to the 2012 “VH1 Divas” event.

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Kourtney Kardashian wearing Norma Kamali in 2012.

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Ralph Lauren and Norma Kamali circa 1990. Photo by Raoul/IMAGES/Getty Images.

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Norma Kamali shows her designs circa 1988. Photo by PL Gould/IMAGES/Getty Images.

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Norma Kamali at the 40th Annual Coty Awards, 1982. Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage.

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Norma Kamali at The Warhol Look/Glamour Style and Fashion Exhibition Gala, 1997. Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage.

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Norma Kamali in 2003 wearing her signature sleeping bag coat. Photo by Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images.

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Norma Kamali, 2015. Photo by Getty Images.