I need to feel a desire, to find pleasure in moving forward, creating, inventing. The day I cease to learn, I must stop.

A fragrance is a veritable story, told and explained in scent, in notes, in impressions. It's a score based on the emotions of each instant, a captivating music of the senses.

Sometimes you don't really need armor to feel protected. Sometimes maybe you need just a chiffon dress to hug you.

To be a fashion critic is easy because you just say, 'I love it, I hate it,' but life is more than love and hate.

I need to feel a desire, to find pleasure in moving forward, creating, inventing. The day I cease to learn, I must stop.

I wanted to see people from different age groups, body shapes and personalities wearing Lanvin That is what Lanvin is all about and represents - we dont only do clothes for 20-year-old girls. I love to see mature women wearing Lanvin as well. I love wrinkles, I love grey hair.

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.