Nicolas Ghesquiere quotes:
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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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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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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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People used to define me as a futurist designer, but, you know, the future is now for me.
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I do love science-fiction and horror movies.
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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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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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Never forget that what becomes timeless was once truly new.
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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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Actually, I love golf clothes! I think this is the most interesting part of golf!
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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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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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I grew up with the idea that once you found yourself with your clothes, why change?
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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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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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More than anything, I'm designing for a woman of today. I want to be a witness of my time.
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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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You never do things thinking you will make a big statement. It just happens sometimes and you are lucky.