Author: Hubert de Givenchy

Quotes

My grandmother had a cupboard where she kept her collections and textile samples of all sorts of things. When I had good grades, I could take out one piece of work to look at.

My grandmother had a cupboard where she kept her collections and textile samples of all sorts of things. When I had good grades, I could take out one piece of work to look at.

- Hubert de Givenchy

I think all beautiful women have a clean look. They like things that are simple.

I think all beautiful women have a clean look. They like things that are simple.

- Hubert de Givenchy

If fashion is good, it has no epoch.

If fashion is good, it has no epoch.

- Hubert de Givenchy

Fabric is the most extraordinary thing; it has life. You must respect the fabric.

Fabric is the most extraordinary thing; it has life. You must respect the fabric.

- Hubert de Givenchy

You never finish learning.

You never finish learning.

- Hubert de Givenchy

I haven't really got a green thumb, but I love gardens and their architecture.

I haven't really got a green thumb, but I love gardens and their architecture.

- Hubert de Givenchy

It's a fabulous thing to give life to fabric, to make something move well, the harmony of colour.

It's a fabulous thing to give life to fabric, to make something move well, the harmony of colour.

- Hubert de Givenchy

Each of my garments is something special in itself. You give all your energy to each piece, to each creation, and I have no favourite. I love all of them equally.

Each of my garments is something special in itself. You give all your energy to each piece, to each creation, and I have no favourite. I love all of them equally.

- Hubert de Givenchy

If I had to start over, I'll do the same thing: street clothes are the future; the client can choose two or three things and combine them as she wants.

If I had to start over, I'll do the same thing: street clothes are the future; the client can choose two or three things and combine them as she wants.

- Hubert de Givenchy

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