I spend my time backstage at the Lanvin shows, and when I come out at the end, all I see are people's eyes.

I certainly can't complain. I work six days a week, if not seven, and eighteen hours out of twenty-four - fortunately, with a great deal of pleasure. Why? Because I only do something if I want to do it; I need to feel a desire, to find pleasure in moving forward, creating, moving, inventing.

I don't like perfection - I think it's dangerous. There is nothing after perfection.

I'm not going into the cool club. It's not my address.

The designers, photographers and models I work with, they are really hard-working people who are devoting their lives to fashion. They're kind of like nuns of fashion.

If it’s not edible, it’s not food. If it’s not wearable, it’s not fashion.

If you take something out of the freezer, it's cold, but what happens when it melts? It's a cool party, a cool person, a cool collection. What does that mean? I'm more interested in things that are uncool, things that have a certain individuality, a certain soul, a certain longevity, emotion, fragility.