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" Our eyes reflect light. Better that the lips are more like a rose petal. "

Olivier Theyskens

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" I could live naked... I love it. "

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" The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie. "

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" I think the relationship is very tenuous between fashion and art. Many designers have built relationships with artists, which is not something I personally did. But it's true, sometimes you see artists working for a designer or a brand on some specific project or taking care of their environment and making an amazing store. "

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" Personality is so important - when you dress somebody for a big party, it is good to feel that the person has an ease and naturalness with what she is wearing. "

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" I see the city as an organism, shaped through time by the little humans having habits and doing millions of stuff in and out of it. "

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" As a designer, I'm not a guy that can be put in a niche. "

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" We always see the point of an iceberg. So I've always accepted the idea that people - they don't necessarily know everything I am. "

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" I am not a designer that buys vintage to be inspired. "

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" My mother loved fashion and always had a great aesthetic. But she also considered the cost of it, with the kids, that it wasn't something to allow herself. "

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" Even during the golden age of fashion, you had haute couture houses where the designers didn't have money. "

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" Personally, I am not so affected by my environment. What I build in the creative process is not necessarily connected to what I am physically in contact with. I am always observing everything, but it will not necessarily have a direct impact on what I do. "

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" I don't think couture will die. But it should have no pretension that it will conquer the world. It's not something that will disappear because all you need is a thread and a needle to start making something couture. "

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" Art is the way people see things, and I think it's great when individuals can find in fashion something they truly believe is artistic. "

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" When Princess Diana got married, I was a very little kid, I think. I remember her dress, and I found the dress amazing when I was a kid. "

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" When other boys dreamt of going to the moon or becoming doctors, I wanted to be a designer. "

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" I like to be lazy. I do like to be busy and really active, but when that's done, you can be sure I will be a lazy boy. I like to take time and relax and enjoy life. "

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" I feel super lucky to be living in New York. I love the city, I love the energy. I always loved it. I had pictures of New York in my bedroom when I was young. "

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" What is sure is that the satellite view of our world and its evolution is now a common reality. "

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" I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion. "

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" Personally, I have had sometimes moments where I thought my idea behind the idea of a collection - the concept maybe - something that we don't see at the end on the catwalk, I think the way it was, the genesis in my mind, was probably artistic, an artistic approach. "

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" For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff. "

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" My sense of designing is a mix of intuition and intellectual control. "

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" When I started at Ricci, I did street wear for very cool, young girls, but the price point was for the fourth floor of Bergdorf Goodman next to Carolina Herrera. My cool girls cannot afford it. "

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" People who don't know me sometimes call me 'Mademoiselle.' "

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" Historical costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries look so complicated, but when you see the patterns, it's very systematic. I've always been impressed by how the patterns economize the fabric. "

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" When I was very young, I wanted to be a girl. I was jealous that girls got to be princesses and wear skirts. It tormented me. When I was 6, I even heard that you could change your sex, and I was very intrigued until the moment I realized that if I changed into a girl, I would be an ugly girl, and this is the last thing I wanted to be. "

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" It's interesting for me because in my work, a lot of times, I like to scrutinize the clothes and think what's going to make them look dated, and I do the same with vintage. In vintage, you want something unique and different, but at the same time, something that doesn't make you look like you dress like a grandpa. "

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" The aim of being a good designer is to have an influence. If you design furniture or lifestyle, you should influence the way people evolve globally. It's good to have an influence. "

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