The present fashion system is too hard - there are too many collections. The designers have no time to think! Money is too important. Schedules are too crazy.

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

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.

My obsession is to make women beautiful. When you create with that in mind, things can't go out of fashion.

The foundation of beauty is the body.

I love films-they are like paintings.

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