Style is the only thing you can't buy. It's not in a shopping bag, a label, or a price tag. It's something reflected from our soul to the outside world. An emotion.

I don't think that you can write music if you don't know how to play an instrument. You have to know the basics, then you can go forward.

I have a problem to do a collection that is a secondary line. I mean, you don’t want to be the stepsister. You want to be Cinderella. Show me one girl who wants to be the stepsister.

Run away from laziness; work hard. Touch intuition and listen to the heart, not marketing directors. Dream.

H&M approached us to collaborate, and see if we could translate the dream we created at Lanvin to a wider audience, not just a dress for less. I have said in the past that I would never do a mass-market collection, but what intrigued me was the idea of H&M going luxury rather than Lanvin going public. This has been an exceptional exercise, where two companies at opposite poles can work together because we share the same philosophy of bringing joy and beauty to men and women around the world.

I'd rather be relevant than cool.

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.