Making them feel gorgeous and comfortable is my way of making women's lives easier.

If I wasn't a designer I would love to be a doctor. That is my fantasy, my dream. A doctor will give you a tablet if you have a headache and I will give you a dress and we both make you feel good.

I certainly can't complain. I work six days a week, if not seven, and eighteen hours out of twenty-four - fortunately, with a great deal of pleasure. Why? Because I only do something if I want to do it; I need to feel a desire, to find pleasure in moving forward, creating, moving, inventing.

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

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

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

I'd rather be relevant than cool.