As a child, I was raised with my grandmother, alongside all my cousins, and the kitchen was always full.

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

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.

When I see beautiful clothes, I want to keep them, preserve them... Clothes, like architecture and art, reflect an era.

I think women should be seductive, not triste. Theres enough sadness in life now without making women look sad, too.

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

Bill Cunningham he knows fashion better than anybody.