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" I didn't understand the advantages of staying active until I was about 27. "
Olivier Theyskens
Active
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" I'm kind of obsessed with cool girls. "
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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. "
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Fashion
Aesthetic
" 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. "
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City
New York
Energy
" 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. "
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Time
Relax
" 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. "
Olivier Theyskens
View
Morning
Girl
" 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. "
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Movies
Watching
Image
" 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. "
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See
Thought
Think
" 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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See
City
Habits
" 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. "
Olivier Theyskens
Work
Wedding
Time
" For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff. "
Olivier Theyskens
Time
People
Long
" When other boys dreamt of going to the moon or becoming doctors, I wanted to be a designer. "
Olivier Theyskens
Other
Moon
Doctors
" I could live naked... I love it. "
Olivier Theyskens
Could
Naked
Live
" People who don't know me sometimes call me 'Mademoiselle.' "
Olivier Theyskens
People
Sometimes
Call
" 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. "
Olivier Theyskens
Process
I Am
Environment
" I really hated school. I had the feeling I was losing a lot of time. "
Olivier Theyskens
Time
Hated
Losing
" 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. "
Olivier Theyskens
Dress
You
Personality
" Our eyes reflect light. Better that the lips are more like a rose petal. "
Olivier Theyskens
Reflect
Rose
Lips
" My first collection was made from sheets that my grandmother, who lived in Normandy, had been collecting for a long time. There are a lot of flea markets in that part of France, and she knew what I liked. "
Olivier Theyskens
Long Time
Grandmother
Time
" 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. "
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More
You
Today
" Even during the golden age of fashion, you had haute couture houses where the designers didn't have money. "
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You
Age
Fashion
" I rarely stay at home when I'm in New York. I'm always doing things. It brings you so much energy. "
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New York
New
" I am not a designer that buys vintage to be inspired. "
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I Am
Am
Inspired
" 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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Start
World
You
" 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. "
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Good
Design
People
" I always like to preserve my freedom. I've never really been attached to any place; that's probably why I kept moving. I like to evolve. "
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Place
Always
Freedom
" When I started at 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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Started
Cool
Price
" The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie. "
Olivier Theyskens
Shoes
Terrible
Futuristic
" 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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Point
See
Always
" As a designer, I'm not a guy that can be put in a niche. "
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Designer
Niche
Guy
" 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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