Of the women in my childhood, I retain above all the memory of their perfumes, perfumes that lingered - filling the lift with fragrance long after they had gone.

Women are most fascinating between the ages of 35 and 40 after they have won a few races and know how to pace themselves. Since few women ever pass 40, maximum fascination can continue indefinitely.

You can never take too much care over the choice of your shoes.

Simplicity, good taste and grooming are the three fundamentals of good dressing and these do not cost money.

Finally, everything that has been part of my life, whether I wanted it to or not, has expressed itself in my dresses.

You can never really go wrong if you take nature as an example

In a machine age, dressmaking is one of the last refuges of the human, the personal, the inimitable.