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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. "
Hubert de Givenchy
Child
Happy
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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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" Encouragement helps you to go one step more, become better. "
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" I've stopped making frocks, but not making discoveries. "
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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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" I think all beautiful women have a clean look. They like things that are simple. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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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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Her
" As a student, I was more gifted in history and geography. Things like arithmetic were not my strength. "
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" It's a fabulous thing to give life to fabric, to make something move well, the harmony of colour. "
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" To change just because of change, that is not my idea at all. "
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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 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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