After every show, I say to Hania [Destelle, a friend], ‘They hated it.’

Run away from laziness; work hard. Touch intuition and listen to the heart, not marketing directors. Dream.

All I want is beautiful. I mean, I like grey hair, I love wrinkles. But this is me.

H&M approached us to collaborate, and see if we could translate the dream we created at Lanvin to a wider audience, not just a dress for less. I have said in the past that I would never do a mass-market collection, but what intrigued me was the idea of H&M going luxury rather than Lanvin going public. This has been an exceptional exercise, where two companies at opposite poles can work together because we share the same philosophy of bringing joy and beauty to men and women around the world.

What we want is clothing we think we can fly in. That's why I opened the show with flying dresses.

All I want to do is make people beautiful.

If I were a buyer today in one of the American department stores, I would go with extremes-the most beautiful, the more expensive, the more eccentric. I would take risks. The worst thing would be to buy only the little black dress. You know why? Because everyone has it already. I would go with a purple dress, something different