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 Copy Share Image
I can say, let's go to the DNA of the brand and find something that I can introduce into my work. It's part of the patrimony of fashion. — Nicolas Ghesquiere Copy Share Image
I don't feel French at all. That was never really a concern, and it's limiting to think that way. I think Paris is more… — Nicolas Ghesquiere Copy Share Image
I love what I do and I adore this whole world. I'm able to meet fantastic people. I meet fantastic writers, I meet architects,… — Nicolas Ghesquiere Copy Share Image
I promised myself: Before your 18th birthday, you're going to be at Jean Paul Gaultier. And it worked. I was hired. — Nicolas Ghesquiere Copy Share Image
It's true that fashion is looking at fashion all the time, and this is quite boring. — Nicolas Ghesquiere Copy Share Image
I grew up in such a small city, I had to be popular or I'd be dead. So I had to be popular! — Nicolas Ghesquiere Copy Share Image
First, at a certain point, I wanted to have my own magazine, but I never could. Why? Because I am not commercial enough. The… — Nicolas Ghesquiere Copy Share Image
Sometimes you never feel lonelier than when you are always doing tons of things and traveling all over the place. There is a real… — Nicolas Ghesquiere Copy Share Image
I have a quality where I sort of scare people. But I am who I am. — Nicolas Ghesquiere Copy Share Image
For a long time, my uniform consisted of a trench coat, wide flared jeans, and little bottines - I copied a pair that my… — Nicolas Ghesquiere Copy Share Image
That's what I think when people do their "best stuff" collection. When you start to think, "Oh, I will just present my 10 years… — Nicolas Ghesquiere Copy Share Image
I grew up in a family that played golf, and my brother was much better than me, so I kind of put that aside.… — Nicolas Ghesquiere Copy Share Image
For me, I go somewhere for three days, and then I come back and I want to change everything, and so it's a fight with everybody. I'm transforming and convincing. It's more than designing. It's shaking people and trying to give them direction. I'm a bit of a control freak. This is a problem as I get older, and it's… — Nicolas Ghesquiere Copy Share
