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" American and Italian women stimulate designers to do new things. "
Hubert de Givenchy
Things
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American
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" As a student, I was more gifted in history and geography. Things like arithmetic were not my strength. "
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" I had this creativity always with this will for perfection, and I always said to myself, 'Look for what's best.' 'That's your goal, your driving principle.' "
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" Balenciaga taught me everything I know. He taught me to care for the details, that it was not necessary to sew on a button where it had no use or to add a flower to make a dress beautiful... no unnecessary detail. "
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" A piece of material has a life. You must never upset it if you want the material to speak. "
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" It's the most beautiful job in the world to give happiness to people. "
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" To change just because of change, that is not my idea at all. "
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" It was always my dream to be a dress designer, and my mother accepted that decision. "
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" If you want to express yourself, it is difficult to be by yourself. You must have people around you who understand the same music. It is like being the chef d'orchestra. They need you, but you need them desperately. "
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" Clients become very attached to the fitter who they feel understands them. "
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" Balenciaga was my religion. Since I'm a believer, for me, there's Balenciaga, and the good Lord. "
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" Each of my garments is something special in itself. You give all your energy to each piece, to each creation, and I have no favourite. I love all of them equally. "
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" To have lived your dream is very rare in life. I am a very happy man. I have been so fortunate. "
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Lived
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" To be a couture designer is not only to create dresses but to adapt your line to your private customers. It is why couture is expensive. You are like a doctor. "
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Doctor
" Fabric is the most extraordinary thing; it has life. You must respect the fabric. "
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" I think all beautiful women have a clean look. They like things that are simple. "
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" You work around a body and adapt the clothes to your own customer, and this is the interesting part. This is why the haute couture exists: because in ready-to-wear, you have not too much fitting. "
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Clothes
Interesting
Work
" When you see the best of the best - when you see a Matisse or a Picasso - what interests you is the creativity and harmony. "
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Harmony
Best
Creativity
" Fashion should evolve slowly, without any revolution. "
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" The little black dress is the hardest thing to realize because you must keep it simple. "
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Black
Dress
Keep
" It gives you a good feeling. Each year, you rediscover in a garden the magic of life. A flower arrives, and it is a miracle. The leaves fall in the autumn, and it looks fantastic. There is a tenderness about a garden, and you can't help but be sensitive to that. "
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Flower
Life
Fall
" I love to dance, and I love to see people dance. It is good exercise. It gives you a kind of energy. "
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Good
Energy
Love
" I think when you sell your company and are no longer the master of driving it, it's quite difficult. "
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Think
Difficult
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" You never finish learning. "
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You
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" It's a fabulous thing to give life to fabric, to make something move well, the harmony of colour. "
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" I didn't do any designs for 'My Fair Lady.' "
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Lady
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" I don't think I am avant-garde. I made a lot of creations and created harmony with my fabrics, but I was not like Balenciaga, for example, although he was, of course, a great inspiration. "
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" When I am designing, I keep in mind more the American woman than the French woman. "
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" People say I am a classic designer. I don't try to be classic, but I do try to be simple and elegant. "
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" If I had to start over, I'll do the same thing: street clothes are the future; the client can choose two or three things and combine them as she wants. "
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" My grandmother had a cupboard where she kept her collections and textile samples of all sorts of things. When I had good grades, I could take out one piece of work to look at. "
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