I am not interested in perfection, and neither are the women who wear my clothes.

Everyone wants to be young and skinny. This is awful. Curves are marvelous. Wrinkles are hypnotizing. Why not just be happy with who you are?

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

I am very much a people person. If I am in a beautiful place but I don't like the people, I am miserable.

I want to know where is that committee in Switzerland that sits to decide what is in and what is out. I don't listen to the formula makers. I think maybe I have a selective hearing disorder.

I don't want to see a dress with a woman. I just want to see a woman, with a beautiful dress.

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