Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English--but are great in remembering signs.

Sweatpants are a sign of defeat. You lost control of your life so you bought some sweatpants.

Doing collections, doing fashion is like a non-stop dialogue.

You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur

Oh yes, I love to do shoes. I'm not a fetishist but I love to do shoes.

When things become too popular they are always fading away for something else.

I’m like a rock singer with one-night stands on the road. I’m here for two days in New York; I leave in the morning early. I come back for Anna Wintour’s party at the Met, then again at the end of May for a prize I get from the Gordon Parks Foundation.