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" A black dress is beautiful! It's a good choice. It could be the wrong choice at certain events or situations, but it's very rare that you see a girl who looks bad in a black dress. "

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" My mother loved fashion and always had a great aesthetic. But she also considered the cost of it, with the kids, that it wasn't something to allow herself. "

Olivier Theyskens

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Fashion

Aesthetic

" 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. "

" When other boys dreamt of going to the moon or becoming doctors, I wanted to be a designer. "

" When I was young, watching historical movies made me feel absolutely sublime. But the first few times I visited costume museums, I was really disappointed because it was not at the level I saw in movies. It was not the level of the image I'd imagined. "

" Personally, I have had sometimes moments where I thought my idea behind the idea of a collection - the concept maybe - something that we don't see at the end on the catwalk, I think the way it was, the genesis in my mind, was probably artistic, an artistic approach. "

" I like to be lazy. I do like to be busy and really active, but when that's done, you can be sure I will be a lazy boy. I like to take time and relax and enjoy life. "

" For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff. "

" 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. "

" I didn't understand the advantages of staying active until I was about 27. "

" 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. "

" Even during the golden age of fashion, you had haute couture houses where the designers didn't have money. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" People who don't know me sometimes call me 'Mademoiselle.' "

" I am not a designer that buys vintage to be inspired. "

Olivier Theyskens

I Am

Inspired

" It's interesting for me because in my work, a lot of times, I like to scrutinize the clothes and think what's going to make them look dated, and I do the same with vintage. In vintage, you want something unique and different, but at the same time, something that doesn't make you look like you dress like a grandpa. "

" I feel super lucky to be living in New York. I love the city, I love the energy. I always loved it. I had pictures of New York in my bedroom when I was young. "

" 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. "

" Today there are more things you can wear for the same occasions. I still like this idea of the perfect suit, and I always love tailoring, but today you can have more things for this type of situation, clothes that have class and that are mixable, and that are super well cut. "

Olivier Theyskens

You

Today

" What is sure is that the satellite view of our world and its evolution is now a common reality. "

" Personally, I am not so affected by my environment. What I build in the creative process is not necessarily connected to what I am physically in contact with. I am always observing everything, but it will not necessarily have a direct impact on what I do. "

" Our eyes reflect light. Better that the lips are more like a rose petal. "

" Personality is so important - when you dress somebody for a big party, it is good to feel that the person has an ease and naturalness with what she is wearing. "

" 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. "

" My sense of designing is a mix of intuition and intellectual control. "

" I really hated school. I had the feeling I was losing a lot of time. "

" 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. "

" Historical costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries look so complicated, but when you see the patterns, it's very systematic. I've always been impressed by how the patterns economize the fabric. "

" 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. "

" In fashion, we don't often know the prices. We don't have time to go into the stores. "