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I like shocking, but I don't like to shock as an automatic process. Sometimes it happens, but it's not my main drive.

~Francois Nars

Topics: Automatic Drive Happens Like Main Process Shock Shocking Sometimes

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Sometimes people are very not sure of themselves, so you really have to give them that confidence. Even models - they need to warm up sometimes on photo shoots.

~Francois Nars

Topics: Confidence Even Give Models Need People Photo Photo Shoots Really Shoots Sometimes Sure Them Themselves Up Very Warm You

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I think everyone deserves to look better and to look good.

~Francois Nars

Topics: Better Deserves Everyone Good Look Think I Think

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My interpretation of the word 'ugly'... I like ugly beauty. That can happen. In France, we have phrase 'jolie laide.' We like certain women who are not pretty or cute - it's the opposite in France of pretty. It's more strange and interesting.

~Francois Nars

Topics: Beauty Certain Cute France Happen Interesting Interpretation Like More Opposite Phrase Pretty Strange Ugly Who Women Word

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My mother and my two grandmothers, I was lucky to have three women around me growing up that were very special, very elegant women, very beautiful women. They were my first step into the beauty world, let's say, and then the fashion world, of course.

~Francois Nars

Topics: Around Beautiful Beautiful Women Beauty Course Elegant Fashion Fashion World First First Step Grandmothers Growing Growing Up Lucky Me Mother Say Special Step Then Three Two Up Very Were Women World

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I was a very lucky child because at the age of 16, 17 years old, my parents would buy me clothes from Yves Saint Laurent, which was an incredible luxury at the time, but I was attracted to that whole world. I had a pretty nice little wardrobe by the age of 17.

~Francois Nars

Topics: Age Attracted Because Buy Child Clothes Had Incredible Little Lucky Luxury Me Nice Old Parents Pretty Saint Time Very Wardrobe Which Whole World Would Years

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I really wanted to have a different approach of beauty because when I came to America, they were still heavily, heavily plastic. The ads were so heavily retouched.

~Francois Nars

Topics: Ads America Approach Beauty Because Came Different Plastic Really Still Wanted Were I Came

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I think it's important that you know every detail when you open a store, that you pay attention to everything.

~Francois Nars

Topics: Attention Detail Every Everything Important Know Open Pay Pay Attention Store Think You I Think

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I always had a vision about beauty in general, so probably that's what really drove me into that direction of creating a makeup brand.

~Francois Nars

Topics: About Always Beauty Brand Creating Direction Drove General Had Makeup Me Really Vision

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I'm always scared of trends. The runways are always so trend-oriented, but I always feel for the women. The real women that buy cosmetics want to see the trends, but they don't necessarily go for them. And I always encourage women to find what looks best on them.

~Francois Nars

Topics: Always Best Buy Cosmetics Encourage Feel Find Go Looks Necessarily Real Real Women Scared See Them Trends Want Women

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Businessman

Born: Unknown

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