I don't think there is just one Louis Vuitton woman. That is why, for the fall/winter 2011 show, I loved the idea of lots of different characters - a wife, a mistress, a girlfriend - stepping out of the row of hotel elevators.

Innovation is an evolutionary process, so it's not necessary to be radical all the time.

The thing I most love and hate about fashion is that it changes all the time. But I don't think I or anyone else can singlehandedly get rid of hooker style. Popular taste isn't great by definition. It's just popular.

I've been openly gay since I can remember.

I like people who have a sense of individuality. I love expression and anything awkward and imperfect, because that’s natural and that’s real.

You can never please everyone, and I think it's best not to.

Both my partner and I did not get into cooking so that we could wear ugly chef's coats and stuff. We dress sexy in the kitchen.