I do love science-fiction and horror movies.

In French we have this word déclic. It's when you have, suddenly, a light shining and you say, "This is what I want to do."

Naturally looking at something will become so important in your aesthetic. For that, you have to be disciplined, too, in the way that there is a moment to catch and there is a moment to express. The moment to express has to be so pragmatic, because you have to build the clothes; you have to be very, very specific about how you want to describe to other people, for the color of the fabric, the way of sewing things, putting things together.

If I were to find something that is going to be more important to me than fashion - that would be work and love - then I probably would let go. That's a possibility. But fashion is an addiction.

Today, kids are much more aware of what fashion means, but when I was growing up, it was popular, but not as popular as today. Like any kid, I was fascinated by drawing. But when some of the kids let go, I kept drawing and drawing.

You need something that puts a little distance between what you really are and what you want to show; it's a shield, a protection.

I grew up in such a small city, I had to be popular or I'd be dead. So I had to be popular!