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" 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. "
Hubert de Givenchy
Street
Two
Clothes
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" It's the most beautiful job in the world to give happiness to people. "
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" I've stopped making frocks, but not making discoveries. "
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" You must, if it's possible, be born with a kind of elegance. It's part of you, of yourself. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" I dreamed of fashion as a little boy. "
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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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" 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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Life
Fall
" It's a fabulous thing to give life to fabric, to make something move well, the harmony of colour. "
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Colour
Fabulous
" As time passes, we like to simplify our lives. "
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Time Passes
Like
" When you see the best of the best - when you see a Matisse or a Picasso - what interests you is the creativity and harmony. "
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" Fabric is the most extraordinary thing; it has life. You must respect the fabric. "
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You
" 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. "
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Energy
" 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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Woman
" I think all beautiful women have a clean look. They like things that are simple. "
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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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Mother
I Am
" 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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Adapt
Why
Doctor
" I didn't do any designs for 'My Fair Lady.' "
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Lady
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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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" Balenciaga was my religion. Since I'm a believer, for me, there's Balenciaga, and the good Lord. "
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" When I am designing, I keep in mind more the American woman than the French woman. "
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" Encouragement helps you to go one step more, become better. "
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" You have to know when to stop - that's wisdom. "
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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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" Life is like a book: one has to know when to turn the page. "
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" I really love to work like a machine. "
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" The little black dress is the hardest thing to realize because you must keep it simple. "
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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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