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" My mother was a beautiful lady, elegant, chic, and that was the biggest inspiration to me. "

Hubert de Givenchy

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" I dreamed of fashion as a little boy. "

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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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" Fabric is the most extraordinary thing; it has life. You must respect the fabric. "

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" 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. "

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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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" You never finish learning. "

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" I had this creativity always with this will for perfection, and I always said to myself, 'Look for what's best.' 'That's your goal, your driving principle.' "

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" 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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" 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 was always my dream to be a dress designer, and my mother accepted that decision. "

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

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" Of course everyone dreams of living in the 17th or the 18th century because of the costumes, but there were so many incommodities. "

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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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" 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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" If fashion is good, it has no epoch. "

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

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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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" It's a fabulous thing to give life to fabric, to make something move well, the harmony of colour. "

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

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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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" 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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" 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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