Christophe Lemaire Quotes

Let's try to bring more style into basics, and let's touch real people all around the world, people who don't really care who Christophe Lemaire is.

I try to bring as much taste, smartness, quality, functionality, and aesthetic qualities to everyday clothes.

It's true that I've made mistakes, but I know I shouldn't do them again.

I'm interested in the poetry of reality.

I'm interested in the intimate relationships we can have with those good clothes that we may have in our closets.

Through designing clothes, I try to bring solutions to people, and I'm interested in the everyday relationship we have to clothes.

I'm trying just to do good clothes, clothes that you need as much as you want.

This is what I've always been interested in, trying to make timeless, functional, real clothes.

Everywhere I've been working, I always had in mind the final destination of the clothes, which is the consumer.

For me, the fashion show, the image, the shooting, is just a step. It's just a moment, but it's not the final destination.

I very much believe in the collective work and the team dynamic.

I'm not a designer who is very interested in baroque or in fantasy or in the fantastic side of fashion. This exists and this is important, but I'm interested in the very real dimensions.

Every company, of course, teaches you so much humanly and professionally [about] yourself and your creative process.

[There are] so many things I've learned, and I'm still learning, actually.

Being a head designer or art director or just even a designer, you need a certain level of experience and maturity.

Even in the good sportswear, streetwear brands, you can't find that quality.