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. Olivier Theyskens More Quotes by Olivier Theyskens More Quotes From Olivier Theyskens Knitted fur is so modern and light, it makes this retro shape cool again. Olivier Theyskens fur shapes light When the economy changes, it's not like you want to start eating bad-tasting chocolate. Olivier Theyskens chocolate eating want 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 Olivier Theyskens fashion believe art 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. Olivier Theyskens modern design thinking 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. Olivier Theyskens princess kids thinking I don't think couture will die. But it should have no pretension that it will conquer the world. It's not something that will disappear because all you need is a thread and a needle to start making something couture. Olivier Theyskens conquer-the-world should-have thinking I rarely stay at home when I'm in New York. I'm always doing things. It brings you so much energy. Olivier Theyskens energy new-york home 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. Olivier Theyskens accepted people ideas 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. Olivier Theyskens designer fashion different People who don't know me sometimes call me 'Mademoiselle.' Olivier Theyskens call-me sometimes people The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie. Olivier Theyskens shoes would-be looks I really hated school. I had the feeling I was losing a lot of time. Olivier Theyskens losing feelings school I love to be in New York. And I think anybody who's a designer, who says they're doing an urban collection, thinks about the streets of New York. I cannot do an urban collection thinking of Bangkok. Or Mexico. To me, it's totally instant, totally connected with what attracts me these days. But this resurgence of a modern, cool way of being dressed is something that stimulates me and is totally right for me. Even now I don't like to show something that is some futuristic utopia. Olivier Theyskens urban utopia thinking 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. Olivier Theyskens futuristic creating-something creating Even during the golden age of fashion, you had haute couture houses where the designers didn't have money. Olivier Theyskens fashion age house I am not a designer that buys vintage to be inspired. Olivier Theyskens vintage inspired designer Everything I have is ready to wear, but I have the ability to have different options within the same brand. I have the Theyskens' Theory collection where it's a personal approach to how I build the collection where I fuse more fashion-y ideas and it has my name on it. So it's really something very research- and labor-intensive. And then I have the Theory brand where I infuse all points of view about fashion at large, and it's more global. It's really about making something succeed. You have an instant relationship with stores, and with sales teams, and people that are in the place. Olivier Theyskens fashion team people When other boys dreamt of going to the moon or becoming doctors, I wanted to be a designer. Olivier Theyskens doctors moon boys I didn't understand the advantages of staying active until I was about 27. Olivier Theyskens staying advantage active Making clothes that everybody can wear is also something that stimulates me a lot, because I have this edgy, fashion-y part, but I am also totally involved with a brand that is about how people dress, and what they want. And it's a whole other look you can have on the street. It's exciting because it speaks to the other part of my job and what my passion is. A designer wants to make something useful for as many people as possible. Olivier Theyskens passion speak people