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I don't know if that's new, but it has become very official over the past 25 or 30 years - and today it's probably at its most extreme point, where sometimes collections look more like a stylist's work than a designer's signature.
Nicolas Ghesquiere
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Nicolas Ghesquiere
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: May 9
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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.
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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.
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I don't feel French at all. That was never really a concern, and it's limiting to think that way. I think Paris is more of a playground for international designers, so I don't really feel French. And I don't really want to feel French.
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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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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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It's true that fashion is looking at fashion all the time, and this is quite boring.
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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.
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With my designs and my ideas, I want to please myself first. I'm always very stressed about making a new proposition every season. But in a way, it's a kind of addiction. In another way, it's a crazy pressure. I try to stay quiet about the whole situation, because fashion itself can be crazy, and everyone wants a part of you.
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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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I think Rihanna is very interesting. But those people, the singers especially, know how to handle themselves because they're in the limelight. That's why it has grown into something where the model has stepped back - and I don't know if it's coming forward again.
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Today, kids are much more aware of what fashion means, but when I was growing up, it was popular, but not as popular as today. Like any kid, I was fascinated by drawing. But when some of the kids let go, I kept drawing and drawing.
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In French we have this word déclic. It's when you have, suddenly, a light shining and you say, This is what I want to do.
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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 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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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.
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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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Strangely, meanness pays more than offering constructive and interesting commentary. Every season I think, This is the last season. I'm not gonna read tomorrow morning. Forget it. The first thing when I wake up - quite late, usually - I am craving the newspaper.
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I grew up in such a small city, I had to be popular or I'd be dead. So I had to be popular!
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Fashion, in a way, has become like pop culture today. With all of the communications and the Internet and the designers doing lines with big brands, it's more popular than it's ever been, but everything is all mixed together. It's become like television or music.
Nicolas Ghesquiere
I love what I do and I adore this whole world. I'm able to meet fantastic people. I meet fantastic writers, I meet architects, I meet incredible talent. Fashion is really a world, besides the creation, that I think is super interesting, super inspiring.
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