Today I find it's extremely hard to launch one's brand, and that's also why we are helping these young talents.

Technology gives big access, and you get more people who are interested in fashion. You can reach many more people now.

Im lucky that its about fashion and perfume and cosmetics. If my father had owned a tire company, I dont know what I would have done.

I have a passion for modern and contemporary art. I spend a lot of time in museums; I particularly like the Guggenheim, MoMA in New York or LACMA and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, for example. I cannot wait for the Louis Vuitton Foundation to open.

If you know everything, it's the end, no?

I think it's interesting to speak when you have something to say.

I think you need to know your clients.