Hubert de Givenchy Quotes

I even do my ready-to-wear samples like couture.

The couture is what a certain kind of clientele wears. But it's amusing to do because you do it piece by piece. It's another concept. It's much more work.

I just want to make beautiful, glamorous clothes.

I've never tried to do couture, because it's a whole different beast.

If a piece is individually made to measure, then it's couture.

I love Karl Lagerfield. Riccardo Tisci - I love his work.

After all, it's very important for any big-name designer to have a couture range. I leave the ready-to-wear to my partner and team.

Yeah, that's what I'm working for. The couture house of the future.

I am still in love with couture because it is just two months from drawing pad to runway so everything on the catwalk is hot from the oven.

Everyone should have a tailor. David Wilkes, the guy who does my stuff, is like, 'Well you're a writer - do you want a special pen compartment or something?' Bespoke: That's the term you want to get out there.

For contemporary fashion, I'm a huge fan of so many of the people out there. I think Azzedine Alaia holds up through three generations of very specific, beautiful design. I think Jean Paul Gaultier also is very interesting with a long span.

In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.

I love the idea of couture and its emphasis on creation. There's where I made my name - in design - and there's where I'd like to stay.

There are people who, if they see something in couture that they perceive as ready-to-wear, they're in shock.

I enjoy seeing how my friends - Proenza Schouler, Zac Posen, Rodarte - use clothes to create their vision and art.

Topshop is one of my favourite shops, and I love shoes by Giuseppe Zanotti. There's a graduate fashion designer called Kate Falcus who makes me beautiful commissioned pieces - one of my favourites was the white Glastonbury dress she made me with the puffy skirt.

I am totally, completely, 100% in love with fashion. I would wear Chanel gowns to the grocery store if I could. I'm a huge fan of Chanel and Versace, and I actually have always dreamed of designing my own line one day.

I'd love to work with Gaultier, and I'm obsessed with Vivienne Westwood.

I became a fashion designer to make clothes for the people, not to be a top couturier in the French tradition.

I think Hong Kong has always had this tradition of custom-made suits, which I've never done but love the idea of.

Working for incredible talents like Balenciaga and Antonio Castillo, I learned about the immense skill and creativity involved in couture work.

My dream jobs would be Italian 'Vogue' and anything with Chanel!

My favourite designers are Alexander McQueen, YSL, Eskandar, Donna Karan and Lanvin.

At Ungaro, I discovered the flou and the language of Paris.

My earliest influences were Coco Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent.