Haute Couture should be fun, foolish and almost unwearable.

There's always some kind of hidden logic.

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.

Going out in Paris was like going out in the '30s dressed like the Andrews Sisters. It was everything I'd seen in books at my grandparents' house, only it was our generation.

For me, elegance is not to pass unnoticed but to get to the very soul of what one is.

Italy is a divided country without a center.

I am always anxious to know what has happened while I've been asleep.