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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. "

Hubert de Givenchy

Chef

Need

Music

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Hubert de Givenchy

Time

Time Passes

" I really love to work like a machine. "

Hubert de Givenchy

Work

Really

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Hubert de Givenchy

Book

Life

" American and Italian women stimulate designers to do new things. "

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

" 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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" I think when you sell your company and are no longer the master of driving it, it's quite difficult. "

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Hubert de Givenchy

I Am

American