For me, haute couture is a necessity. I never would have done this job were it not for haute couture. It is a comfort, a security. I almost feel it is our duty to continue. Haute couture is France. We have to keep all the skills and craftmanship alive.

There are days when I'm completely depressed and able to do only one drawing

But some one will say that this supreme Being, who made all things, and those also who conferred on men particular benefits, are entitled to their respective worship.

They say that the best furniture and clothing design from the '50s and '60s is Scandinavian or Milanese.

That was the idea behind glam clubs like Seven and The New Eve. You could eat and dance to live music. To enter you had to descend a grand staircase.

I'd experienced the '40s and '50s by looking at my grandparents' old clothes, books, and magazines

I translated Beatles songs for my English class.