“People say I am a classic designer. I don't try to be classic, but I d...” — Hubert de Givenchy Quote

“People say I am a classic designer. I don't try to be classic, but I do try to be simple and elegant.”

“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 fashion is good, it has no epoch.”

“The classic rule of thumb is that if you are an intellectual ideological magazine, you do better in opposition than you do if your views are reflected by people in power.”

“Growing up in the Midwest, I was very close to my maternal grandmother, who, as a young widow running a small business in 1920s Kansas City, had known firsthand the old Pendergast regime and its classic combine of politics and organized crime.”

“I want to be as feminine and classic as possible.”