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" Clients become very attached to the fitter who they feel understands them. "
Hubert de Givenchy
Become
Who
Feel
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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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" Encouragement helps you to go one step more, become better. "
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" The little black dress is the hardest thing to realize because you must keep it simple. "
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" It is important to work. It is important for my mind. "
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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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" I'd love to wear the big pant, like I see on the street, or the blouson, but I'd look ridiculous. I'm not that shape. You must respect yourself. "
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" I dreamed of fashion as a little boy. "
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Dreamed
" I had the fortune to evolve at a time when fashion was very important, and women dressed themselves very well. A woman who dressed very well also had a husband who would have beautiful collections of art and decorative objects. "
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" It's the most beautiful job in the world to give happiness to people. "
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World
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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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" 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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Great
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" I really love to work like a machine. "
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Really
" Of course everyone dreams of living in the 17th or the 18th century because of the costumes, but there were so many incommodities. "
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Dreams
Living
" 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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Interesting
Work
" When I am designing, I keep in mind more the American woman than the French woman. "
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I Am
American
" It was always my dream to be a dress designer, and my mother accepted that decision. "
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Dream
Decision
Always
" It's a fabulous thing to give life to fabric, to make something move well, the harmony of colour. "
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Colour
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" I didn't do any designs for 'My Fair Lady.' "
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Any
Lady
Fair
" As a student, I was more gifted in history and geography. Things like arithmetic were not my strength. "
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Student
Geography
History
" 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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Street
Two
Clothes
" You must, if it's possible, be born with a kind of elegance. It's part of you, of yourself. "
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Elegance
Kind
You
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" I've stopped making frocks, but not making discoveries. "
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Stopped
Making
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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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" A piece of material has a life. You must never upset it if you want the material to speak. "
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