When other boys dreamt of going to the moon or becoming doctors, I wanted to be a designer.

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

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

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

My mother loved fashion and always had a great aesthetic. But she also considered the cost of it, with the kids, that it wasn't something to allow herself. It also probably nourished my passion and my will to make fashion, because I've always felt that, because of having a big family to take care of, she sacrificed a bit of her femininity.

What is sure is that the satellite view of our world and its evolution is now a common reality.

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.