During the eighties and nineties, people wanted to be chic, elegant, bourgeois.

I was a fashion addict by the time I was 11 years old. I'd wear a miniskirt and patent-leather boots.

I think there was a time when I was too strict and controlling. I think I asphyxiated my children.

In fashion, women have more sensitivity, more sense of the body, so they know how things fit and feel. Yet there are not many women who study fashion. It's ridiculous.

I understand that the rule of fashion is to change, even as a successful designer - you do not want to be stuck in the same rut.

Elegance is always in style for men.

It's very important for a brand to have an identity through the years, but it's very important as well to evolve because times change so fast.