I'm for style - fashions change too often.

Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.

People laughed at the way I dressed, but that was the secret of my success. I didn't look like anyone.

Luxury is a necessity that begins where necessity ends

After a fashion, they did, mingling the sale of perfumes with anti-Nazi propaganda. In the event, my tirelessly publicised determination to wrest back control of the business neutralised most of the adverse repercussions on me from an unwilling association with their propaganda.

Passion always goes, and boredom stays.

In fashion, you know you have succeeded when there is an element of upset.