The nature of fashion is family. You see that at almost every house, it was owned first by a family. It wasn't owned by a bank.

The nature of fashion is family. You see that at almost every house, it was owned first by a family. It wasn't owned by a bank.

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.

What is beautiful for you may not be beautiful to someone else. Or whatever is beautiful here may not be beautiful there and what is sometimes beautiful today is not necessarily beautiful tomorrow. Perhaps this is the story of fashion and what makes it move forward, the fact that there is no decision whatsoever with what’s wrong.

For me, Lancome was more than just a brand. There was something very nostalgic about the name, about the whole story.

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.

In fashion, we have a reputation for being such a façade, fake people, but none of the fashion people who I know are fake.