Fashion design is so diverse. It does not have clear identities as before with Balenciaga, Chanel, Cardin, Courreges. Design is about being recognised without a label. Elegance alone is not sufficient.

I have a name, I have to take advantage of it.

When I finish with one thing very well, I start some other thing. I don't like to stop. I like to continually prove myself.

The jean! The jean is the destructor. It is a dictator! It is destroying creativity! The jean must be stopped!

I do not believe there has ever been a name as important as Pierre Cardin in the general history of couture.

They said pret-a-porter will kill your name, and it saved me

I can go all over the world with just three outfits: a blue blazer and gray flannel pants, a gray flannel suit, and black tie.