I have been offered the highest paid contracts in the world. I refused them all. It's not my thing. I don't want to cheat people. And there are certain people I am allergic to. I even intervene when I don't like a customer; I rush in and check all the names. If I don't like them, I don't take them.

Perfection is never achieved, so you need to go on working.

I even do my ready-to-wear samples like couture.

I'm always telling young designers to take the time to surround themselves with women.

I'm working 24 hours a day. I have had a house in Tunisia for 20 years, and I never have time to go because there are collections, fittings.

The foundation of beauty is the body.

Who can really say who invents something first in fashion?