When I first started to do fashion shows I didn't have the budget to hire top models so I would cast women who inspired me, and ask them to walk how they walked. I was doing a mise en scène, which for me was normal. I love for people to see my clothes, but it was more about the attitude of the girls. The revues of the late 19th century/early 20th century were very much a reflection of what was happening in society and politics, and for me that is also the role of the fashion designer.

People think that everyone wears black in France; in fact they all wear grey.

I don't know exactly what is my impact, but I can say I am doing fashion my own way.

It is beautiful to be what you are.

Fashion is not art. Never.

I take life as it happens. And I give myself a lot of freedom.

My only fashion school was what I saw in the newspapers and on television