Nicolas Ghesquiere Quotes

#1. In terms of design, it's true the world has an influence. But, as a designer, you have to protect yourself. You have to look at the world and then forget it.

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#2. In this work, you have to convince everyone all the time, at different levels, to support your dream. I learned you have to be confident in order to do that.

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#3. People used to define me as a futurist designer, but, you know, the future is now for me.

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#4. I do love science-fiction and horror movies.

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#5. More than anything, I'm designing for a woman of today. I want to be a witness of my time.

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#6. I grew up in a family that played golf, and my brother was much better than me, so I kind of put that aside. I had to be good at something other than golf.

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#7. What I find most interesting in fashion is that it has to reflect our time. You have to witness your own moment.

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#8. I put pressure on myself to propose something new - I think it's the minimum that you can do as a fashion designer.

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#9. Actually, I love golf clothes! I think this is the most interesting part of golf!

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#10. You need something that puts a little distance between what you really are and what you want to show; it's a shield, a protection.

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#11. I'd rather work with someone who likes what I do than create something for the red carpet that won't make me happy.

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#12. There are people I've worked with who have never understood how fashion works. They keep saying they love fashion, yet they've never actually grasped that this isn't yoghurt or a piece of furniture - products in the purest sense of the term.

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#13. Fashion is a playground up until a certain age. But then you have to find your own signature and your own style.

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#14. For a long time, my uniform consisted of a trench coat, wide flared jeans, and little bottines - I copied a pair that my mother had in this theater place. I had, like, 10 pairs of the same shoes.

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#15. Of course I live in my time, and I'm really curious. But, at the same time, I don't think it has a direct impact on my work.

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#16. I remember Grace (Coddington) looking at me and said, 'Can you do something?' and I was like, 'OK, how long do you give me?' and she said 'Half an hour?', I said 'Forty-five minutes?'

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#17. I grew up with the idea that once you found yourself with your clothes, why change?

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#18. I promised myself: Before your 18th birthday, you're going to be at Jean Paul Gaultier. And it worked. I was hired.

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#19. I think the golden age of couture had some of the most incredible customers: women like Nan Kempner and all the icons.

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#20. I'm always very stressed about making a new proposition every season. But in a way, it's a kind of addiction.

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#21. Never forget that what becomes timeless was once truly new.

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#22. Your priority has to be the creativity - and build a brand. That's what everybody did - Balenciaga, Dior, Saint Laurent. That's the smart thing to do.

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#23. With my designs and my ideas, I want to please myself first.

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#24. You never do things thinking you will make a big statement. It just happens sometimes and you are lucky.

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