I don't go out to parties because I'd look terrible in pictures. My escape is television - it's like meditation to me.

I'm not a plastic surgeon, and I cannot change the DNA of a person, but when I see a woman try on my clothes and she feels beautiful, I know I am doing my job.

I love women. I get along with women more than men, and I have more women friends.

Almost every collection I do has 200 different references. I don't have two of the same coat, two of the same dress. I have it in one color, in one fabric. I've tried to adapt the culture of couture, and the know-how and the heritage, but I try to update it.

I wanted to see people from different age groups, body shapes and personalities wearing Lanvin That is what Lanvin is all about and represents - we dont only do clothes for 20-year-old girls. I love to see mature women wearing Lanvin as well. I love wrinkles, I love grey hair.

I am always trying to put myself inside: Every dress I do, I think, 'If I were a woman, would I wear it?'

Sometimes you don't really need armor to feel protected. Sometimes maybe you need just a chiffon dress to hug you.