Olivier Theyskens Quotes

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.

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

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.

Knitted fur is so modern and light, it makes this retro shape cool again.

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.

With couture, you feel obligated to design something modern each season, but with Theyskens Theory, I don't question anything. I'm thinking of what I'd like to wear.

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

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.

When I started at [Nina] 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.

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

When the economy changes, it's not like you want to start eating bad-tasting chocolate.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

I would love, just once, to do costumes for a movie. I almost did some theater, but it is very different from what I am used to doing as a fashion designer.

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

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

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

I am more used to seeing my work like a big collection, and only part of it is being shown.

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.

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 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.