I love and respect women. I work mostly with women.

I am very much a people person. If I am in a beautiful place but I don't like the people, I am miserable.

All I want to do is make people beautiful.

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

I adore women, and the one thing I want to do more than anything is to see a transformation of personality when someone puts on one of my dresses.

After every show, I say to Hania [Destelle, a friend], ‘They hated it.’

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.