Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.

I don’t do meetings. At Chanel, there are no meetings. At Chanel, we do what we want, whenever we want and it works. And Fendi is the same.

My sisters were sent away because my mother thought they were boring. I was not boring.

Chanel is composed of only a few elements, white camellias, quilted bags and Austrian doorman's jackets, pearls, chains, shoes with black toes. I use these elements like notes to play with.

I like to reinvent myself — it’s part of my job.

These are fat mummies sitting with their bags of crisps in front of the television, saying that thin models are ugly. Fashion is about dreams and illusions, and no one wants to see round women.

I am not a second option person. It is that or nothing. If it is not the way I see it I prefer not to see it.