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.

I start each collection thinking how I can refresh my classics.

My eccentricity became direction.

I have always been drawn to designing fashions that are rebellious, like black leather jackets on suburban kinds, a corset dress, punk, blue jeans. I love that. Fashion changes all the time, and what is considered extreme or elegant or luxurious (or not luxurious) is changing all the time.

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

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

I was lucky to have parents who loved me.