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" I am of tradition, but that doesn't mean I have an old outlook on life. "

Hubert de Givenchy

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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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" Always I remember when I am young, I ask my mother, 'I really want to be a dress designer.' In that time, was quite difficult because, you know, my family always criticize me for it not to be a man's job. "

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" Clients become very attached to the fitter who they feel understands them. "

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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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" A piece of material has a life. You must never upset it if you want the material to speak. "

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" 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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" Fashion should evolve slowly, without any revolution. "

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" In the early '50s, it was still the time of Christian Dior's New Look. Every dress was big and important, and I thought I must do something completely different. Women needed something for daytime that was wearable. "

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" When you are a designer, what's important is to be aware of things. Everything should lead to an idea, a line to follow, a movement. "

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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 dreamed of fashion as a little boy. "

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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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" 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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" Encouragement helps you to go one step more, become better. "

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