Let's try to bring more style into basics, and let's touch real people all around the world, people who don't really care who Christophe Lemaire is.

[There are] so many things I've learned, and I'm still learning, actually.

Let's forget about themes and mood boards. Let's start from a different point of view. You have to leave for two months all of a sudden. What would you put in your suitcase? What are the twenty essential pieces that you will need and how would you design it to be cool, and you'll want to wear it?

Let's try to bring more style into basics, and let's touch real people all around the world, people who don't really care who Christophe Lemaire is.

I'm interested in the intimate relationships we can have with those good clothes that we may have in our closets.

I'm not a designer who is very interested in baroque or in fantasy or in the fantastic side of fashion. This exists and this is important, but I'm interested in the very real dimensions.

It's true that I've made mistakes, but I know I shouldn't do them again.