Name: Louis Vuitton's Nicolas Ghesquière Breaks Down His Fashion Career | Vanity Fair
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- You have to have this craving for new things in the world.

It could be a movie, that could be a trip,

and it's the way you transform that into fashion

is to be aware and curious about what is surrounding you

I went there and I show my drawings at the time

that was really fashion teen's drawing and they liked it.

So I get hired and they gave me my first job.

Fashion in the nineties was a crazy place,

It was a job for strange people I would say,

The most desirable job in fashion at the time.

in the middle of this incredible creative studio.

So it was designing clothes for different countries,

let's say the most prestigious collection.

there was called black roses there was for widows.

One day in 1997, so they offer me temporary,

They told me at Balenciaga, they were looking

for someone famous and they wanted me to to do

So to design the collection just for one time.

Then I took the job and eventually I stayed for 15 years.

I was young, I was 25 when I first started,

and I think I was 27 when I get the big job.

from the fashion landscape for many years,

is probably one of the thing I'm the most proud about

So I was named Womenswear Designer at the CFDA.

and at the time the CFTA was a competition.

We were three nominated, and I was nominated

with Alexander McQueen, and I remember going there thinking,

"Wow that's great trip going to New York for a few days.

So I was surrounded by incredible people,

and it's always very impressive to be in America.

You know, there was a lot of stars and a lot of designers.

And then my name was said, and I have to say

that this is something that I will never forget

the recognition of this industry of people that I admire

that were physically around me in that room

was something that was unique and so unexpected

and that was very special with my relationship

Sometimes quicker than European strangely,

so I'm always very thankful for that, yes.

It says a lot about how much people love that bag

It came out in 2001 officially, but it was on a shelf

was doing bags obviously, and they told me at Balenciaga,

So I did that bag and I put it in the studio,

and I remember especially K Tomas at the time

and look at this little thing in the corner of the room

like coming to Paris, she saw the bag, the same.

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