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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. "

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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. "

Olivier Theyskens

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

Olivier Theyskens

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

Olivier Theyskens

You

Today

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I really hated school. I had the feeling I was losing a lot of time. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I'm kind of obsessed with cool girls. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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

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