I don't think couture will die. But it should have no pretension that it will conquer the world. It's not something that will disappear because all you need is a thread and a needle to start making something couture.

I would love, just once, to do costumes for a movie. I almost did some theater, but it is very different from what I am used to doing as a fashion designer.

I am more used to seeing my work like a big collection, and only part of it is being shown.

Art is the way people see things, and I think it's great when individuals can find in fashion something they truly believe is artistic

I don't like to go beyond modernity because you think girls might be like that in five years, but in five years what I see now is going to be old; we are always going to go somewhere else. You have to bring a few novelties within what will remain.

I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion.

Historical costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries look so complicated, but when you see the patterns, it's very systematic. I've always been impressed by how the patterns economize the fabric.