With fashion, I barely finish one collection before I must start another.

I think that if you want to pass emotion, you have to write a letter. Emotions do not pass in SMS or in e-mail.

Why not touch things that we hate and turn them upside down and inside out?

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

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

I think 'modesty' is a beautiful word today - and a beautiful attitude.

Everybody's talking about the new democratic world and whether high fashion is relevant. But without high there is no low. I don't like to intellectualize. I've always said fashion is like roast chicken: You don't have to think about it to know it's delicious.