I make clothes, women make fashion.

There is a sensuality about fabric. I think all materials should be inviting when they touch the skin. When I watch children stroking their mothers clothes, I feel that I have succeeded.

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

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

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

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

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.