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" I've stopped making frocks, but not making discoveries. "
Hubert de Givenchy
Discoveries
Stopped
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" When I am designing, I keep in mind more the American woman than the French woman. "
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" 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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" 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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" Mine is one of the most beautiful professions in fashion: making others happy with an idea... I am happy because I did the job I dreamt of as a child. "
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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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" 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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" If fashion is good, it has no epoch. "
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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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" 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. "
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" Encouragement helps you to go one step more, become better. "
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Better
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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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Kind
You
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Her
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Dress
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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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" It was always my dream to be a dress designer, and my mother accepted that decision. "
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Decision
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