I am not a designer that buys vintage to be inspired. Olivier Theyskens More Quotes by Olivier Theyskens More Quotes From Olivier Theyskens 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. Olivier Theyskens design people way Our eyes reflect light. Better that the lips are more like a rose petal. Olivier Theyskens light eye rose 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. Olivier Theyskens inspiration mean ideas I don't like to go beyond modernity because you think girls might be like that in five years, but in five years what I see now is going to be old; we are always going to go somewhere else. You have to bring a few novelties within what will remain. Olivier Theyskens girl thinking I could live naked... I love it. Olivier Theyskens naked For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff. Olivier Theyskens fashion long thinking 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. Olivier Theyskens cities stuff littles 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. Olivier Theyskens 19th-century historical complicated As a designer, I'm not a guy that can be put in a niche. Olivier Theyskens niche designer guy My sense of designing is a mix of intuition and intellectual control. Olivier Theyskens intuition design intellectual 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 clothes fashion children I am more used to seeing my work like a big collection, and only part of it is being shown. Olivier Theyskens In fashion, we don't often know the prices. We don't have time to go into the stores. Olivier Theyskens stores fashion knows 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. Olivier Theyskens girl important believe I think the relationship is very tenuous between fashion and art. Many designers have built relationships with artists, which is not something I personally did. But it's true, sometimes you see artists working for a designer or a brand on some specific project or taking care of their environment and making an amazing store. Olivier Theyskens fashion art thinking 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 feel like people on the street today probably dress better than they did in the '50s. Olivier Theyskens design today people I love to see what they [Michelle Obama and Kate Middleton] wear but I am not interested. It’s not natural. 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. Olivier Theyskens girl morning thinking What is sure is that the satellite view of our world and its evolution is now a common reality. Olivier Theyskens our-world views reality 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. Olivier Theyskens carolina next girl 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. It also probably nourished my passion and my will to make fashion, because I've always felt that, because of having a big family to take care of, she sacrificed a bit of her femininity. Olivier Theyskens passion fashion mother
