As designers, we do so much with material and construction. It's really architectural; it comes close to building. A scent is so immaterial. It's really about emotion and sensation. Clothes are too, but it's not the same. Nicolas Ghesquiere More Quotes by Nicolas Ghesquiere More Quotes From Nicolas Ghesquiere There is something I think we share, which is, of course, an appreciation for Helmut Lang. I think at a certain point he really changed so many things in fashion. I'm a bit younger than Helmut, but from my point of view he provided a true entrance into this new way of thinking - not being invaded into couture. Nicolas Ghesquiere fashion appreciation thinking I think creating the clothes is about creating historical images - and that's about more than fashion. It is about the fashion, the photography, what you are doing in the moment. It's what we call in French rechercher, or the search for that thing. So even though fashion is not scientific, I think being a designer is somewhat like being a scientist. Nicolas Ghesquiere fashion photography thinking I think what we're talking about is a sense of fashion as laboratory work. I mean, we are not scientific, of course, but we are looking for ideas all the time. Nicolas Ghesquiere fashion mean thinking I'm the kind of person who, even after a shoot that I've loved, is always moving on. There is no gap. Nicolas Ghesquiere kind moving I'm always curious. Every day. As we get on in life, we must be grateful. Nicolas Ghesquiere be-grateful curious grateful It was time to come up here and retire with my wonderful husband, and my children and my grandchildren, and make that change. I'm not good at hanging on. When I make a decision to cut it off, I have to cut it off completely. I'm not good at, "Oh, I'll stick around and consult a little bit." I'm not good at that and I don't want to do that. I don't think you get anywhere doing that. I mean, I don't, although other people might. But that's not my personality. It's not my id. I have to make the break and be a good sport and adjust to it. Nicolas Ghesquiere husband sports children First, at a certain point, I wanted to have my own magazine, but I never could. Why? Because I am not commercial enough. The people who would have been able to give me my own magazine, they were not insulting me, but they would simply say, "It wouldn't work for you." And that was a big disappointment to me. Nicolas Ghesquiere disappointment giving people To look deeply into the lawn and see six shades of green - there is hardly that respite for you. And that's our job that we're doing. And it's even more demanding for someone like yourself, who is so extremely creative. But you have to move forward. You cannot just wallow or sit back and take in the accolades. They're wonderful, the accolades, and you appreciate them. But then you go on to the next moment. You have to always be going out to the end of the diving board and diving off. Nicolas Ghesquiere appreciate creative moving I can say, let's go to the DNA of the brand and find something that I can introduce into my work. It's part of the patrimony of fashion. Nicolas Ghesquiere introducing fashion We live with a future where every three or four months, we have to question everything. You think you could be the best, or that you're nothing and you don't know what you're doing. It is exhausting. Nicolas Ghesquiere being-the-best thinking If I were to find something that is going to be more important to me than fashion - that would be work and love - then I probably would let go. That's a possibility. But fashion is an addiction. Nicolas Ghesquiere addiction fashion letting-go That's what I think when people do their "best stuff" collection. When you start to think, "Oh, I will just present my 10 years of work," that's not a good sign. Nicolas Ghesquiere people thinking I grew up in such a small city, I had to be popular or I'd be dead. So I had to be popular! Nicolas Ghesquiere Sometimes you never feel lonelier than when you are always doing tons of things and traveling all over the place. There is a real feeling of loneliness sometimes. Nicolas Ghesquiere loneliness real feelings Why is it that when I did a weird dress in the past, people were like, 'Oh, it's niche,' and why when I do a pair of jeans that are super cool, it's much more accessible, but I enjoy doing it? I enjoy the mix of those two things. I realized that quite late, actually. I'm going to really try to express those two things at the same time, because this is me. Nicolas Ghesquiere trying people past 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. Nicolas Ghesquiere good me family brother Actually, I love golf clothes! I think this is the most interesting part of golf! Nicolas Ghesquiere think clothes golf love I promised myself: Before your 18th birthday, you're going to be at Jean Paul Gaultier. And it worked. I was hired. Nicolas Ghesquiere your myself you birthday People used to define me as a futurist designer, but, you know, the future is now for me. Nicolas Ghesquiere me you future people 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. Nicolas Ghesquiere you support work time
