Débora Velasquez, an Argentinian stylist and fashion designer, has reached the highest position in the Belgian fashion world. She has dressed people from the Belgian elite, like politicians, ambassadors, television presenters, renowned models and celebrities.Reporter: How and when did arise your passion for the fashion world?

Débora: Since I was very young, fashion has fascinated me. When I moved to Brussels, I began a new life so I thought that it could be the perfect moment to fulfil my dream.

R: Is it true that if you want to take up fashion studies, you must have a high amount of money?
Débora: Not at all, if you really want to do something in your life, you must fight until you get it. It is true that some people have better facilities and they can afford to study at the best fashion schools in the world. But here in Brussels people who are not so rich can attend free schools, financed by the government.

R: Who was the most important person that you have ever dressed?
Débora: Currently, I am working with Florence Reuters, who is a very important Belgian politician. I haveworked with the news presenters: Els Tibeau and Veronique de Kock, Alizée Poulicek (Miss Belgium 2008), Gella Vandecaveye (world judo championships winner), Virginie Caes (Flemish TV presenter). I have also created clothes for the musicians of the Queen Elisabeth’s concert, where I met the Belgian Queen.

R: What qualities should a fashion designer have?
Débora: Undoubtedly personal touch, imagination and a little bit of madness. Everything in our lives must be done with a little dose of madness.

R: Could you talk about the negative side of your job?
Débora: The worst part of a fashion designer’s job is that you have to do everything on your own. You have people who work with you and they do a really good work, but finally the designer has to supervise everything, she must be present from the first outline to the last thread. The worst is the sensation that you can never stop being alert. At the end of the day you feel totally exhausted.

R: Why do so many fashion designers have the obsession to show extremely thin models?
Débora: Currently, this is changing. Personally, I prefer Latin women with hip measurement of 95. I like real women with strength and character. In many countries the law forbids models to weigh below 50. I am this kind of designer who fights against extreme slimness inside catwalks.

R: Could you define your style in three words?
Débora: Elegant, glamorous and absolutely sexy.