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

The problem with couture is not designers; it's what happens when the couturier will no longer be there.

I certainly can't complain. I work six days a week, if not seven, and eighteen hours out of twenty-four - fortunately, with a great deal of pleasure. Why? Because I only do something if I want to do it; I need to feel a desire, to find pleasure in moving forward, creating, moving, inventing.

What we want is clothing we think we can fly in. That's why I opened the show with flying dresses.

I created the peplum so you can eat in it. You can have a dessert, you can have another sandwich.

Fashion is not always about what's new, it's also about what's good. And I think if you need to see what's good, you have to be there.

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.