The whole season thing is nonsense. It's either beautiful or it isn't. That's something I really learned when I started collecting dresses.

All I want is beautiful. I mean, I like grey hair, I love wrinkles. But this is me.

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 spend my time backstage at the Lanvin shows, and when I come out at the end, all I see are people's eyes.

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

Fashion is like a fruit, you couldn't eat it a day before and you can't eat it a day after; it's just about today

I always say that women are very strong and men are powerful. But beauty gives you both strength and power. I never think of it. It's just one of those natural things. It's the only thing I know how to do.