Affordable luxury - these are two words that don't go together.

I take time to get close to, and I don't immediately throw my arms round someone.

Once we decided to do a tower in New York, it had to say something about our group, reflecting the mix of modernity and creativity in our organization. It's a symbol.

Luxury goods are the only area in which it is possible to make luxury margins.

China is clearly going to be the number one economic power and it is already full of potential.. with lots of population and the buying power increasing by the day. .

When you are on the management side, you still have to understand the artistic sensibility so that there is a dialogue with the creative side.

It is not enough to have a talented designer; the management must be inspired too. The creative process is very disorganised; the production process has to be very rational.