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

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

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

When I started at [Nina] Ricci, I did street wear for very cool, young girls but the price point was for the fourth floor of Bergdorf Goodman next to Carolina Herrera. My cool girls cannot afford it.

What is funny is when you do a futuristic movie, you immediately get to be fashionable because you're creating something that doesn't exist.

For a long time I have been thinking about affordable fashion - you can be disappointed when not so many people can wear your stuff.

Knitted fur is so modern and light, it makes this retro shape cool again.