"Of the women in my childhood, I retain above all the memory of their perfumes, perfumes that lingered – filling the lift with fragrance long after they had gone."
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"Deep in every heart slumbers a dream, and the couturier knows it: every woman is a princess."
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"All I required to be happy was friendship and people I could admire."
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"You can wear black at any time. You can wear it at any age. You may wear it for almost any occasion; a 'little black frock' is essential to a woman's wardrobe."
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"White is pure and simple and matches with everything."
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"Haute couture is like an orchestra, for which only Balenciaga is the conductor. The rest of us are just musicians, following the directions he gives us."
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"My dream is to save women from nature."
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"Without foundations, there can be no fashion."
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"We were emerging from the period of war, of uniforms, of women-soldiers built like boxers. I drew women-flowers, soft shoulders, fine waists like liana and wide skirts like corolla."
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"A country, a style or an epoch are interesting only for the idea behind them."