72 Quotes by Olivier Theyskens

I rarely stay at home when I’m in New York. I’m always doing things. It brings you so much energy.

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.

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.

People who don’t know me sometimes call me ‘Mademoiselle.’

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.

When the economy changes, it’s not like you want to start eating bad-tasting chocolate.

I’ve admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it’s what motivated me to go into fashion.

As a designer, I’m not a guy that can be put in a niche.

For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion – you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff.