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 like having the freedom to dress as I desire.

In fashion, we have a reputation for being such a façade, fake people, but none of the fashion people who I know are fake.

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

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

All the young people in fashion worship the people who have been around a long time. I think it is about keeping something going through the generations. Take my work: Just because I'm not 20 anymore doesn't mean that people don't appreciate what I do.

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