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" What is sure is that the satellite view of our world and its evolution is now a common reality. "
Olivier Theyskens
Reality
Now
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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. "
Olivier Theyskens
Relationship
Care
Think
" 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. "
Olivier Theyskens
Design
Mean
Opinion
" 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. "
Olivier Theyskens
Beautiful
Dress
Girl
" I haven't made many wedding dresses. It's a dress very, very important for the girl; it's important to know the person, I believe, but at the same time it should be a shock to the person - the person should be shocked to be suddenly revealed. That's the work of a designer sometimes, to propose an ID of look. "
Olivier Theyskens
Work
Wedding
Time
" 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. "
Olivier Theyskens
Started
Cool
Price
" I'm kind of obsessed with cool girls. "
Olivier Theyskens
Cool
Obsessed
Kind
" I really hated school. I had the feeling I was losing a lot of time. "
Olivier Theyskens
Time
Hated
Losing
" 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. "
Olivier Theyskens
Point
See
Always
" As a designer, I'm not a guy that can be put in a niche. "
Olivier Theyskens
Designer
Niche
Guy
" 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
Movies
Watching
Image
" I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion. "
Olivier Theyskens
Go
Clothes
Me
" If you are a girl dressing up in the morning thinking about the whole world having a point of view on what you are wearing, it takes the pleasure out of getting dressed. "
Olivier Theyskens
View
Morning
Girl
" When other boys dreamt of going to the moon or becoming doctors, I wanted to be a designer. "
Olivier Theyskens
Other
Moon
Doctors
" I am not a designer that buys vintage to be inspired. "
Olivier Theyskens
I Am
Am
Inspired
" 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. "
Olivier Theyskens
Moment
Ugly
Me
" 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. "
Olivier Theyskens
See
Thought
Think
" 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
Creating
You
Funny
" 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. "
Olivier Theyskens
Process
I Am
Environment
" I didn't understand the advantages of staying active until I was about 27. "
Olivier Theyskens
Active
Staying
Until
" Our eyes reflect light. Better that the lips are more like a rose petal. "
Olivier Theyskens
Reflect
Rose
Lips
" 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. "
Olivier Theyskens
City
New York
Energy
" 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
Long Time
Grandmother
Time
" 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. "
Olivier Theyskens
Good
Design
People
" For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff. "
Olivier Theyskens
Time
People
Long
" Even during the golden age of fashion, you had haute couture houses where the designers didn't have money. "
Olivier Theyskens
You
Age
Fashion
" 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. "
Olivier Theyskens
See
You
Always
" 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. "
Olivier Theyskens
Kid
Think
Remember
" 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. "
Olivier Theyskens
Enjoy Life
Time
Relax
" The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie. "
Olivier Theyskens
Shoes
Terrible
Futuristic
" In fashion, we don't often know the prices. We don't have time to go into the stores. "
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Prices
Stores
Fashion