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

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.

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

To show the relativity of what's good taste and what's not is something I like to play with.

I like the dynamism and the joy cabare creates. I have always taken my job very seriously, but have always liked to have fun, to play. I like tradition and classicism but I have always liked to mix it up, even if it shocks at times.

I love and admire everyone who is different. I love that. The 'jet set' is banal. 'Good taste' is banal. Eccentricity is chic. Good taste paralyzes. But punk or street fashion or a tattoo-covered body, that is interesting to me, and that I love. I didn't go to fashion school. I learned from watching couture shows on TV and reading magazines. That made me dream.