The little black dress must be luxurious, rich, sensual, diaphanous, exotic, severe, lush, demure, demanding, frivolous, amusing, and it must linger in memory, but above all, it must be simple and little and black.

Fashion has always been a repetition of ideas, but what makes it new is the way you put it together.

I don't like trends. They tend to make everybody look the same.

You have to have a full-length mirror in your house so you can see what is missing and what you have to add to your look.

Glamour is beyond beauty and beyond age. It's like sex appeal.

The first painting that I realised I liked was 'The Garden of Earthly Delights' by Hieronymus Bosch, when I was six years old, at the Prado in Madrid. I still find myself returning there every time I'm in the city.

Age is something only in your head or a stereotype. Age means nothing when you are passionate about something.