I look for friends who make me laugh.

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

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.

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.

Since I was a child I've loved going to the opera, theatre and ballet.

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

I am still in love with couture because it is just two months from drawing pad to runway so everything on the catwalk is hot from the oven.