I sketch literally all the time; constructing a collection is like building a family - you have to have a certain balance. I isolate myself - I need to be concentrated for this so I leave Paris, I leave to a place without a phone.

Passage Vero-Dodat - I started my company on this passage. It feels as much home as it can!

I am very much into voices. I would say I'm a fan of voices, not of sound. I'm a fan of singers, not of bands.

At age 12 or 13, I wanted to design for showgirls - for the theater!

What was called extreme 20 years ago definitely isn't extreme anymore. When I started, I remember people saying, 'Oh my God, I can't walk in that!' It was like, three inches - they look like kitten heels now.

I haven't yet met a woman who told me, 'I wish I had shorter legs.'

If I'm in the country, my big idea is to do nothing. It means talking, it means cooking with the leftovers in the fridge - l'art d'accommoder les restes - it means gardening.