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

I was very lucky, I was part of the post-war period when everything had to be redone.

The dress is a vase which the body follows. My clothes are like modules in which bodies move.

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

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.

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

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