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" I dreamed of fashion as a little boy. "
Hubert de Givenchy
Little
Fashion
Dreamed
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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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" 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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" Life is like a book: one has to know when to turn the page. "
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" Fashion should evolve slowly, without any revolution. "
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" It is important to work. It is important for my mind. "
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" Like in great painting and architecture, in couture, to make clothes you must eliminate, eliminate, eliminate to obtain the true sense of a line. You see, the more you add, the more you load on, the more it's mad. You must try to have just the silhouette, which is an intelligence in clothes. "
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" To change just because of change, that is not my idea at all. "
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" 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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" You never finish learning. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" Encouragement helps you to go one step more, become better. "
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Better
" 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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" As a student, I was more gifted in history and geography. Things like arithmetic were not my strength. "
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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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" I've stopped making frocks, but not making discoveries. "
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" 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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" 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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