I've always seen myself as a small entity, and it will always stay like that. I'm not changing. But I think the big challenge for me taking on the Dior thing is to see how I can connect that to such a huge institution.

I like very much to put on fashion shows.

I see my position in that whole Dior construction very differently from my own brand. My own brand will stand or fall because of me. Dior won't fall if I fall. It will also still stand if I'm not there. I'm coming in there and it's like a - I don't know the English word - like a passage.

Both costume and fashion are about telling a story, except that in a ballet the story has already been written by the composer or the librettist.

I'm usually very attracted to things that I can't define. If something's too clear, it's very often not inspiring to me anymore.

But overall I want to make sure people fall in love with the clothes and that they are satisfied

You do what you do. Or you do what you have to do. I don't know how to explain it better. I think that in the moment, you can't see connections, but sometimes afterwards you do.