What women have achieved in the last 50 years, I wish men would have achieved in the last 100.

A woman plays such an active role in society. And today, the woman who influences fashion is not that very rich woman who sits at home and polishes her nails. It's the one who works, who is a doer, who does things by dressing. She's very strongly projecting an image of herself as an individual.

Walk like you have three men walking behind you.

If you wear a different perfume every day, I do not recognize you.

Never,ever confuse what happens on a runway with fashion. A runway is spectacle. It's only fashion when a woman puts it on. Being well dressed hasn't much to do with having good clothes. It's a question of good balance and good common sense.

Silk does for the body what diamonds do for the hand.

I was surrounded by sisters. My childhood was all women.