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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. "
Hubert de Givenchy
Try
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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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" 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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" Clients become very attached to the fitter who they feel understands them. "
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" It's the most beautiful job in the world to give happiness to people. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" You must, if it's possible, be born with a kind of elegance. It's part of you, of yourself. "
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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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" I am of tradition, but that doesn't mean I have an old outlook on life. "
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" I really love to work like a machine. "
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" A piece of material has a life. You must never upset it if you want the material to speak. "
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" It is important to work. It is important for my mind. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" To change just because of change, that is not my idea at all. "
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