It's tricky because Instagram is not Grindr. I'm always trying to show my good side. I never complain. When I have a moment of sadness, I make sure no one ever sees. And while I'm so good at talking to… — Olivier Rousteing Copy Share Image
We can use our art to become political, to become something you want to talk about. We make clothes, but we have the chance to change a generation as well. We have to remember that fashion changed the roles of men and women: When Yves Saint Laurent was putting pants on a woman, he was not only doing that -… — Olivier Rousteing Copy Share
I think fashion is fashion: Sometimes you dress people that you don't know, and sometimes you dress people that you actually know. — Olivier Rousteing Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel fashion is not open-minded enough. We need to push the old crowd to believe in what I believe, in the new generation. I remember when I started, my campaigns and and how I connected my love for music with fashion were a tiny bit controversial because they were like, 'How can you bring hip-hop or music into… — Olivier Rousteing Copy Share
It's amazing to see there aren't boundaries around gender. My menswear business has changed over the years as far as what men are daring… — Olivier Rousteing Copy Share Image
I like people who are powerful, confident, and fearless. Balmain is about an attitude. I think if Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor were alive,… — Olivier Rousteing Copy Share Image
There are two women that I am really in love with that I wish I could have dressed: The first one is Marilyn Monroe,… — Olivier Rousteing Copy Share Image
I don't see a difference between a biological family and an adoptive one. I think the difference is more in the eyes of others… — Olivier Rousteing Copy Share Image
I really respect the new generation, people who are maybe 12 or 13. I think it's really important to understand the future customer -… — Olivier Rousteing Copy Share Image
It's really sad to me that we even have to talk about diversity in the fashion world today. That I would love to change.… — Olivier Rousteing Copy Share Image
I actually am locked away. I think I have 4.6 million Instagram followers, which is obviously a great way to communicate my work and… — Olivier Rousteing Copy Share Image
When you become controversial, when you want to promote new ideas, you need to be the face of it and not be scared. — Olivier Rousteing Copy Share Image
What I'm doing now is having people with and around me to build what other designers built before - like Pierre Balmain with Josephine… — Olivier Rousteing Copy Share Image
