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. I feel like people on the street today probably dress better than they did in the '50s.
Olivier TheyskensWhen other boys dreamt of going to the moon or becoming doctors, I wanted to be a designer.
Olivier TheyskensI don't like to go beyond modernity because you think girls might be like that in five years, but in five years what I see now is going to be old; we are always going to go somewhere else. You have to bring a few novelties within what will remain.
Olivier TheyskensWhen the economy changes, it's not like you want to start eating bad-tasting chocolate.
Olivier Theyskens