Olivier Theyskens
Olivier Theyskens
Olivier Theyskensis a fashion designer who has worked with major design houses, including Rochas, Nina Ricci and Theory...
NationalityBelgian
ProfessionFashion Designer
Date of Birth4 January 1977
CountryBelgium
fashion art thinking
I think the relationship is very tenuous between fashion and art. Many designers have built relationships with artists, which is not something I personally did. But it's true, sometimes you see artists working for a designer or a brand on some specific project or taking care of their environment and making an amazing store.
thinking design modern
With couture, you feel obligated to design something modern each season, but with Theyskens Theory, I don't question anything. I'm thinking of what I'd like to wear.
reality views our-world
What is sure is that the satellite view of our world and its evolution is now a common reality.
princess kids thinking
When Princess Diana got married, I was a very little kid, I think. I remember her dress, and I found the dress amazing when I was a kid.
fashion art believe
Art is the way people see things, and I think it's great when individuals can find in fashion something they truly believe is artistic
chocolate want eating
When the economy changes, it's not like you want to start eating bad-tasting chocolate.
light fur shapes
Knitted fur is so modern and light, it makes this retro shape cool again.
girl next carolina
When I started at [Nina] Ricci, I did street wear for very cool, young girls but the price point was for the fourth floor of Bergdorf Goodman next to Carolina Herrera. My cool girls cannot afford it.
girl morning thinking
I love to see what they [Michelle Obama and Kate Middleton] wear but I am not interested. It’s not natural. If you are a girl dressing up in the morning thinking about the whole world having a point of view on what you are wearing, it takes the pleasure out of getting dressed.
cities littles stuff
I see the city as an organism, shaped through time by the little humans having habits and doing millions of stuff in and out of it.
guy niche designer
As a designer, I'm not a guy that can be put in a niche.
design intuition intellectual
My sense of designing is a mix of intuition and intellectual control.
thinking should-have conquer-the-world
I don't think couture will die. But it should have no pretension that it will conquer the world. It's not something that will disappear because all you need is a thread and a needle to start making something couture.
new-york home energy
I rarely stay at home when I'm in New York. I'm always doing things. It brings you so much energy.