You can be the chicest thing in the world in a T-shirt and jeans - it's up to you.

If I was a woman in Russia, I would be a lesbian, as the men are very ugly. There are a few handsome ones, like Naomi Campbell's boyfriend, but there you see the most beautiful women and the most horrible men.

When I was very young, at the beginning my business was to work more than the others to show them their pointlessness.

Beauty with character ages better than perfection.

I imagine the world from my window ... Traveling, I think it's a nightmare today. The airports and things the people in the street with the selfies ... I like to stay at home and read.

I always loved advertising. If I hadn't been in fashion, I'd have been in advertising.

Things have to be beautifully made, even if they are full of fun, fantasy and futility