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.

Perfume is a mark of female identity and the final touch of her style

Make me a fragrance that smells like love

After women, flowers are the most lovely thing God has given the world.

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

Elegance must be the right combination of distinction, naturalness, care and simplicity. Outside this, believe me, there is no elegance. Only pretension.

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