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.

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.

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.

I like that combination between creativity and the creative process and the organization needed to make a business like this successful worldwide.

Oh, I was brought up in the north of France, and I had a very enjoyable childhood with my family working as entrepreneur.

If you control your distribution, you control your image.