Olivier Theyskens quotes
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“In fashion, we don't often know the prices. We don't have time to go into the stores.”
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“I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion.”
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“When other boys dreamt of going to the moon or becoming doctors, I wanted to be a designer.”
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“I am not a designer that buys vintage to be inspired.”
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“Even during the golden age of fashion, you had haute couture houses where the designers didn't have money.”
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“I didn't understand the advantages of staying active until I was about 27.”
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“What is funny is when you do a futuristic movie, you immediately get to be fashionable because you're creating something that doesn't exist.”
-- Olivier TheyskensSource : Interview with Milena Canonero, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 19, 2011.
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“I really hated school. I had the feeling I was losing a lot of time.”
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“The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie.”
-- Olivier TheyskensSource : Interview with Milena Canonero, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 19, 2011.
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“People who don't know me sometimes call me 'Mademoiselle.'”
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“We always see the point of an iceberg. So I've always accepted the idea that people - they don't necessarily know everything I am.”
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“I rarely stay at home when I'm in New York. I'm always doing things. It brings you so much energy.”
-- Olivier TheyskensSource : "For Olivier Theyskens, Black is Always the New Black". Interview with Emily Zemler, www.elle.com. May 9, 2013.
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“I could live naked... I love it.”
-- Olivier TheyskensSource : "Olivier Theyskens On Creativity & Commerce, Obama & Middleton, And Being Naked". Interview with Blue Carreon, www.forbes.com. October 24, 2011.
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“I don't think couture will die. But it should have no pretension that it will conquer the world. It's not something that will disappear because all you need is a thread and a needle to start making something couture.”
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“My sense of designing is a mix of intuition and intellectual control.”
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“As a designer, I'm not a guy that can be put in a niche.”
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“I see the city as an organism, shaped through time by the little humans having habits and doing millions of stuff in and out of it.”
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“I love to see what they [Michelle Obama and Kate Middleton] wear but I am not interested. It’s not natural. If you are a girl dressing up in the morning thinking about the whole world having a point of view on what you are wearing, it takes the pleasure out of getting dressed.”
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“When I started at [Nina] Ricci, I did street wear for very cool, young girls but the price point was for the fourth floor of Bergdorf Goodman next to Carolina Herrera. My cool girls cannot afford it.”
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“Knitted fur is so modern and light, it makes this retro shape cool again.”
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“When the economy changes, it's not like you want to start eating bad-tasting chocolate.”
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“Art is the way people see things, and I think it's great when individuals can find in fashion something they truly believe is artistic”
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“When Princess Diana got married, I was a very little kid, I think. I remember her dress, and I found the dress amazing when I was a kid.”
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“With couture, you feel obligated to design something modern each season, but with Theyskens Theory, I don't question anything. I'm thinking of what I'd like to wear.”
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“I think the relationship is very tenuous between fashion and art. Many designers have built relationships with artists, which is not something I personally did. But it's true, sometimes you see artists working for a designer or a brand on some specific project or taking care of their environment and making an amazing store.”
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“I am interested in the idea of 'taste.' And by 'taste,' I mean opinion, inspiration and the craft of creating a personality through fabric and design.”
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“I haven't made many wedding dresses. It's a dress very, very important for the girl; it's important to know the person, I believe, but at the same time it should be a shock to the person - the person should be shocked to be suddenly revealed. That's the work of a designer sometimes, to propose an ID of look.”
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“The aim of being a good designer is to have an influence. If you design furniture or lifestyle, you should influence the way people evolve globally. It's good to have an influence.”
-- Olivier TheyskensSource : Interview with Milena Canonero, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 19, 2011.
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“Our eyes reflect light. Better that the lips are more like a rose petal.”
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“For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff.”
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“What is sure is that the satellite view of our world and its evolution is now a common reality.”
-- Olivier Theyskens
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