Everybody's talking about the new democratic world and whether high fashion is relevant. But without high there is no low. I don't like to intellectualize. I've always said fashion is like roast chicken: You don't have to think about it to know it's delicious.

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

I think that if you want to pass emotion, you have to write a letter. Emotions do not pass in SMS or in e-mail.

Pure, intense emotions. It's not about design. It's about feelings.

I don't think you can be a designer if you don't care.

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

Some days I feel like a piano: kind of short, always in black & white, always expected to produce music.