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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. "

Hubert de Givenchy

Time

Art

Woman

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Hubert de Givenchy

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American

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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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Hubert de Givenchy

Time

Time Passes

" I love to dance, and I love to see people dance. It is good exercise. It gives you a kind of energy. "

" It's the most beautiful job in the world to give happiness to people. "

" As a student, I was more gifted in history and geography. Things like arithmetic were not my strength. "

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

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" Balenciaga was my religion. Since I'm a believer, for me, there's Balenciaga, and the good Lord. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" To have lived your dream is very rare in life. I am a very happy man. I have been so fortunate. "

" You never finish learning. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The little black dress is the hardest thing to realize because you must keep it simple. "

" People say I am a classic designer. I don't try to be classic, but I do try to be simple and elegant. "

" 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. "

" It is important to work. It is important for my mind. "

" You must, if it's possible, be born with a kind of elegance. It's part of you, of yourself. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Hubert de Givenchy

Movement

Line

" 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. "