Olivier Theyskens Quotes

Fashion isn't interesting when it comes from an uninspired place.

The best and the worst thing about fashion is that anyone can do it. But because fashion can be the most unintellectual thing, you have to turn it into an intellectual exercise just for your own sanity. You have to start with a conceit.

I'm happy to have L.A.M.B. participate in the PSP accessories show as I've always loved designing bags and accessories, It's all about creativity at the end of the day, whether you're talking about fashion, technology or music, and that's what my L.A.M.B. bags are about.

The clothes that I design and everything I've done is about life and how people live and how they want to live and how they dream they'll live. That's what I do.

NI love watching science fiction because I feel like when it's done well, it's not just monsters, but philosophy. Really good science fiction like, '2001,' for example, or the first 'Matrix.' But it takes someone who's got a brain and thinks in order to do really good science fiction.

Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them. To me, that is what distinguishes good designers from bad designers.

I'm not a designer, I'm an inventor.

It's definitely true that there are a lot of the devices we used on 'Star Trek,' that came out the imagination of the writers, and the creators that are actually in the world today.

With science fiction there's endless possibilities.

Everything is very individual for me in the way that I work; I don't just show a rotating rack of clothes.

I'm an inventor.

My training and my inclination is to invent.

I enjoy trying to inspire myself. I enjoy the artistic side of everything. Music, art, fashion, everything. I just like to be on the cutting edge of it. I'm into designing houses and interior design. I like change. I like creating things out of nothing.

Fashion has a long interest in collaborative situations.

I don't design clothes, I design dreams.

Some people think that my shows are just for shock value, but the provocation makes those classic pieces look different every six months. You don't need to see the same gray suit every season. But surrounding it with 40 really interesting ideas makes it feel new.

Fashion is my passion, and I respect the creativity that you find in its different levels.

Inventor: A person who makes an ingenious arrangement of wheels, levers and springs, and believes it civilization.

I'm interested in things that change the world or that affect the future and wondrous, new technology where you see it, and you're like, 'Wow, how did that even happen? How is that possible?'

Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything.

Fashion is something that I want to be involved with for a long time, and I want to show that I can give people what they want while still keeping my pizzazz and my razzle-dazzle.

With couture, the great thing is that each piece has its own character, and you have space to explore and continue themes season after season.

Whenever I'm doing a collection, I'm inspired by the world around us.

We are often celebrating technology and codes, but we don't really think about the creative side.

Schiaparelli, for me, is about eclecticism.