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

Even during the golden age of fashion, you had haute couture houses where the designers didn't have money.

I love to see what they [Michelle Obama and Kate Middleton] wear but I am not interested. It’s not natural. If you are a girl dressing up in the morning thinking about the whole world having a point of view on what you are wearing, it takes the pleasure out of getting dressed.

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

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

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.

We always see the point of an iceberg. So I've always accepted the idea that people - they don't necessarily know everything I am.