You cannot fight against it. There's a price you have to pay for fame, and people who don't want to pay that price can get in trouble. I accepted the idea of celebrity because of a French expression: 'You cannot have the butter and the money for the butter.'

You come first, the clothes later. Reinvent new combinations of what you already own. Be creative.

Forget about your folklore. I can take a few inspirations, but I can certainly not do an homage. That's not my trip. I'm a fashion vampire. I take what I need and I leave the rest.

Designers must be both conscious and unconscious at the same time. Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle talent.

What I like about music is the songs you can remember the lines of in a single second. The Beatles, The Rolling Stones... You can remember every line to their songs. But today, how often do you remember any of the lines to songs? I mean, I know that one of the Lily Allen's last albums is called It's Not Me, It's You. But I don't know how the songs go.

I don't care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me.

My only ambition in life . . . is to wear size 28 jeans.