People who don't know me sometimes call me 'Mademoiselle.' 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 designpeopleway Our eyes reflect light. Better that the lips are more like a rose petal. Olivier Theyskens lighteyerose 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 inspirationmeanideas 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 girlthinking 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 fashionlongthinking 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 citiesstufflittles 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-centuryhistoricalcomplicated As a designer, I'm not a guy that can be put in a niche. Olivier Theyskens nichedesignerguy My sense of designing is a mix of intuition and intellectual control. Olivier Theyskens intuitiondesignintellectual 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 clothesfashionchildren 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 storesfashionknows 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 girlimportantbelieve 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 fashionartthinking 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 designtodaypeople 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 girlmorningthinking What is sure is that the satellite view of our world and its evolution is now a common reality. Olivier Theyskens our-worldviewsreality 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 carolinanextgirl 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 passionfashionmother
