Fashion needs to be worn.

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.

People want to be in their own fashion tribes, so they want to wear the same clothes to be connected to everyone else in that tribe. But they want to be different from other tribes.

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

I look for friends who make me laugh.

For me, I am still very happy to be able to do stage design as it's an opportunity to express the extreme.

But the Milanese have made bad choices, bad fashion, and bad jewelry.