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" What is funny is when you do a futuristic movie, you immediately get to be fashionable because you're creating something that doesn't exist. "

Olivier Theyskens

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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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" 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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" Today there are more things you can wear for the same occasions. I still like this idea of the perfect suit, and I always love tailoring, but today you can have more things for this type of situation, clothes that have class and that are mixable, and that are super well cut. "

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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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" 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'm kind of obsessed with cool girls. "

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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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" I am interested in the idea of 'taste.' And by 'taste,' I mean opinion, inspiration and the craft of creating a personality through fabric and design. "

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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. "

Olivier Theyskens

" 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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" A black dress is beautiful! It's a good choice. It could be the wrong choice at certain events or situations, but it's very rare that you see a girl who looks bad in a black dress. "

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

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" My first collection was made from sheets that my grandmother, who lived in Normandy, had been collecting for a long time. There are a lot of flea markets in that part of France, and she knew what I liked. "

Olivier Theyskens

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

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" I didn't understand the advantages of staying active until I was about 27. "

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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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" When I was young, watching historical movies made me feel absolutely sublime. But the first few times I visited costume museums, I was really disappointed because it was not at the level I saw in movies. It was not the level of the image I'd imagined. "

Olivier Theyskens

" I always like to preserve my freedom. I've never really been attached to any place; that's probably why I kept moving. I like to evolve. "

Olivier Theyskens

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

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

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

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" I rarely stay at home when I'm in New York. I'm always doing things. It brings you so much energy. "

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

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" In fashion, we don't often know the prices. We don't have time to go into the stores. "

Olivier Theyskens

" 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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" 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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" 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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