You never do things thinking you will make a big statement. It just happens sometimes and you are lucky.

Fashion is a playground up until a certain age. But then you have to find your own signature and your own style.

As designers, we do so much with material and construction. It's really architectural; it comes close to building. A scent is so immaterial. It's really about emotion and sensation. Clothes are too, but it's not the same.

I put pressure on myself to propose something new - I think it's the minimum that you can do as a fashion designer.

I love art. I love music. It's more about the lifestyle you yourself have - that's the most inspiring thing. The way you share relationships with the people around you.

I think creating the clothes is about creating historical images - and that's about more than fashion. It is about the fashion, the photography, what you are doing in the moment. It's what we call in French rechercher, or the search for that thing. So even though fashion is not scientific, I think being a designer is somewhat like being a scientist.

What I find most interesting in fashion is that it has to reflect our time. You have to witness your own moment.