You're taught that you need to please magazines, to please the fashion elite, and that if you do everything the right way, everyone is going to love you. But I decided not to follow some of the rules. My girls from the runway were not just models - they were soldiers. They helped me bring my ideas to life. I was talking about sexiness, about diversity, about different shapes of bodies. I was following my instincts and learning that it would not please the fashion elite. And I think this is the real luxury, to be free to express yourself. Freedom is luxury to me.
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 n… - Olivier Rousteing
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 n…
- Olivier Rousteing
Kanye West is inspirational. He expresses such a strong vision beyond music, beyond fashion - it's art. He sn't afraid to push boundaries and be prov… - Olivier Rousteing
Kanye West is inspirational. He expresses such a strong vision beyond music, beyond fashion - it's art. He sn't afraid to push boundaries and be prov…
You're taught that you need to please magazines, to please the fashion elite, and that if you do everything the right way, everyone is going to love … - Olivier Rousteing
You're taught that you need to please magazines, to please the fashion elite, and that if you do everything the right way, everyone is going to love …
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
I think fashion is fashion: Sometimes you dress people that you don't know, and sometimes you dress people that you actually know.
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… - Olivier Rousteing
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…
What is the Balmain girl? It’s a woman who knows what she wants and is going to express it - Olivier Rousteing
What is the Balmain girl? It’s a woman who knows what she wants and is going to express it
Being part of what I call the "click" generation - where everything has to be fast and revolutionary and you just want more, and it's about likes and… - Olivier Rousteing
Being part of what I call the "click" generation - where everything has to be fast and revolutionary and you just want more, and it's about likes and…
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
When you become controversial, when you want to promote new ideas, you need to be the face of it and not be scared.
I think the only word I can use to describe what I'm doing today is feeling free. Of course, it's a business - it's about money at the end of the day… - Olivier Rousteing
I think the only word I can use to describe what I'm doing today is feeling free. Of course, it's a business - it's about money at the end of the day…
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