I've always felt more at home in the UK than in France.

Clothes became my attraction and obsession early. I wasn't so interested in dressing myself because I was not my object of desire.

Elegance is a question of personality, more than one's clothing.

I would like to say to people, open your eyes and find beauty where you normally don't expect it.

The great thing about American women is their energy and the way they love to dress. French women don't really dress; they are too conservative, as it's always a question of money. In America, women are powerful and strong, determined. If they want to be an object, they choose to be in control.

For me, difference is beautiful, there is not only one beauty, and in a collection I always like to show mixed directions. When you look at people or things, there are all these codes and standards that come into play around what is considered ugly or beautiful, and I've always questioned that. When you're a kid, you're not conditioned, you don't see perversity, there's a state of innocence where everything is beautiful, you see differently....I am lucky because I am doing now what I dreamt of doing as a child, and I like to think that I've retained a childlike state of mind.

I was lucky to have parents who loved me.