It was not the story of design or clothes, it was the fantasy of women that made me want to work in fashion.

I always wear a dinner jacket. I never have this definition of what goes for the morning or the evening or what works for the weekend.

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

It was not the story of design or clothes, it was the fantasy of women that made me want to work in fashion.

All I want to do is make people beautiful.

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