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When I am designing, I keep in mind more the American woman than the French woman.

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I've stopped making frocks, but not making discoveries.

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Life is like a book: one has to know when to turn the page.

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I don't think I am avant-garde. I made a lot of creations and created harmony with my fabrics, but I was not like Balenciaga, for example, although he was, of course, a great inspiration.

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When you see the best of the best - when you see a Matisse or a Picasso - what interests you is the creativity and harmony.

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I had the fortune to evolve at a time when fashion was very important, and women dressed themselves very well. A woman who dressed very well also had a husband who would have beautiful collections of art and decorative objects.

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It is important to work. It is important for my mind.

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I'd love to wear the big pant, like I see on the street, or the blouson, but I'd look ridiculous. I'm not that shape. You must respect yourself.

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To change just because of change, that is not my idea at all.

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Of course everyone dreams of living in the 17th or the 18th century because of the costumes, but there were so many incommodities.

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Designer

Born: February 20th, 1927

Died: March 10th, 2018

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