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I'm half-Japanese, so I collect toys, like a Yayoi Kusama stuffed pumpkin.
Nicola Formichetti
Pumpkin
Collect
Stuffed
Like
Toys
I like places where you can dance to crazy music, like Bedlam or Eastern Bloc in the East Village.
Nicola Formichetti
Music
Crazy
You
Dance
East
East Village
Eastern
Like
Where
Places
Village
The Internet shapes my life and work so completely that I couldn't imagine living without it.
Nicola Formichetti
Life
Work
Internet
My Life
Living
Shapes
Without
Imagine
Fashion is such an insider's club, but slowly, the playing field is evening out. Through social media, everyone can have a front-row seat.
Nicola Formichetti
Fashion
Social Media
Club
Field
Everyone
Out
Insider
Slowly
Through
Social
Evening
Media
Seat
Playing
Playing Field
I think old people should just be old and go away.
Nicola Formichetti
People
Old
Go Away
Just Be
Think
Go
Just
Old People
Should
Away
Working in a store and being a shop assistant, if you don't know what to do and you like fashion, I think it's a great way of getting into the business because you do windows, cleaning, and everything. That was my school for two years, working in a shop, and that's how I met people in magazines and designers.
Nicola Formichetti
Fashion
Great
You
Business
Cleaning
People
School
Met
Think
Everything
Way
Magazines
Windows
Like
Know
Great Way
Because
How
Years
Shop
Getting
Being
Store
Working
Designers
Assistant
Two
I'm not a typical couturier, although I really respect them.
Nicola Formichetti
Respect
Typical
Although
Them
Really
Never forget that what becomes timeless was once truly new.
Nicolas Ghesquiere
Once
Never
Never Forget
New
Becomes
Truly
Timeless
Forget
I grew up in a family that played golf, and my brother was much better than me, so I kind of put that aside. I had to be good at something other than golf.
Nicolas Ghesquiere
Good
Family
Me
Better
Other
Kind
Brother
Something
Had
Put
Up
Than
Grew
Golf
Aside
Much
Played
Actually, I love golf clothes! I think this is the most interesting part of golf!
Nicolas Ghesquiere
Love
Clothes
Think
Part
Most
Golf
Interesting
Actually
I'm always very stressed about making a new proposition every season. But in a way, it's a kind of addiction.
Nicolas Ghesquiere
Every
Addiction
Way
Kind
About
Proposition
New
Always
Making
Very
Season
Stressed
People used to define me as a futurist designer, but, you know, the future is now for me.
Nicolas Ghesquiere
Future
Me
You
People
Define
Know
Used
Now
Designer
In this work, you have to convince everyone all the time, at different levels, to support your dream. I learned you have to be confident in order to do that.
Nicolas Ghesquiere
Work
Time
You
Everyone
Dream
Support
Learned
Confident
Different
Order
Different Levels
Convince
Your
Your Dream
Levels
In terms of design, it's true the world has an influence. But, as a designer, you have to protect yourself. You have to look at the world and then forget it.
Nicolas Ghesquiere
You
Yourself
World
Design
True
Look
Terms
Protect
Forget
Influence
Then
Designer
Of course I live in my time, and I'm really curious. But, at the same time, I don't think it has a direct impact on my work.
Nicolas Ghesquiere
Work
Time
Live
Think
Impact
Direct
My Time
Course
Curious
Same
Same Time
Really
Your priority has to be the creativity - and build a brand. That's what everybody did - Balenciaga, Dior, Saint Laurent. That's the smart thing to do.
Nicolas Ghesquiere
Creativity
Smart
Build
Everybody
Dior
Priority
Saint
Brand
Did
Your
Thing
There are people I've worked with who have never understood how fashion works. They keep saying they love fashion, yet they've never actually grasped that this isn't yoghurt or a piece of furniture - products in the purest sense of the term.
Nicolas Ghesquiere
Love
Saying
Fashion
People
Sense
Furniture
Purest
Never
Term
Piece
How
Understood
Worked
Products
Who
Grasped
Works
Keep
Actually
It's so boring to just hire a fancy caterer and have them do everything.
Nicole Miller
Everything
Boring
Hire
Just
Fancy
Them
My mother is from Paris, so she was quite a fashion plate. I always had that French influence at home.
Nicole Miller
Fashion
Home
Mother
Paris
Had
French
She
Always
Quite
Influence
Plate
When I walk out on the street, I want to see everybody wearing my clothes.
Nicole Miller
Walk
Clothes
Everybody
Out
See
Wearing
Want
Street
My last boyfriend used to always tell me, 'Grow up.' But I say, Why?
Nicole Miller
Me
Say
Tell
Always
Boyfriend
Up
Used
Grow
Grow Up
Why
Last
I was brought up in Florence, a beautiful medieval town whose rhythm is completely in antiquity.
Oleg Cassini
Beautiful
Brought
Town
Up
Antiquity
Rhythm
Whose
Florence
Medieval
My goal in life was to pursue the good life.
Oleg Cassini
Life
Good
Good Life
Pursue
Goal
Every time you choose a perfume, you are voting. And, of course, I hope you vote for me. Not only for my ego, but for my pocketbook. The more you buy, the more money I make.
Oleg Cassini
Buy
Hope
Time
Me
You
Vote
Ego
Money
Voting
Every
Every Time
Pocketbook
More
Only
Perfume
Make
Course
Choose
My philosophy is this: Do not tamper with the anatomy of a woman's body; do not camouflage it.
Oleg Cassini
Woman
Philosophy
Anatomy
Camouflage
Body
The first lady must be a leader. She must not be a follower.
Oleg Cassini
Follower
Leader
First
First Lady
Must
She
Lady
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