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

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

Fashion is instinctive and sensual. Learn to love what you wear. It should feel like eating chocolates...wi thout the calories

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

I'm not going into the cool club. It's not my address.

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.

I was thinking recently, If the body really is the new dress, as some are saying - with women buying boobs, butts, faces - then who needs a dressmaker? So I started designing spring like a plastic surgeon - everything stretchy and nude. But after three weeks, I was so bored with myself and the world, I began adding diamond butterflies and chiffon and colors. I realized that fashion is not about second skin. It's not the perfect white shirt or camel jacket. What women need is a dream.