I am not a designer that buys vintage to be inspired.

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

People who don't know me sometimes call me 'Mademoiselle.'

My sense of designing is a mix of intuition and intellectual control.

Everything I have is ready to wear, but I have the ability to have different options within the same brand. I have the Theyskens' Theory collection where it's a personal approach to how I build the collection where I fuse more fashion-y ideas and it has my name on it. So it's really something very research- and labor-intensive. And then I have the Theory brand where I infuse all points of view about fashion at large, and it's more global. It's really about making something succeed. You have an instant relationship with stores, and with sales teams, and people that are in the place.

I am not a designer that buys vintage to be inspired.