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.

Well, my own men's collection always felt very free back in the days before Jil. Once you make it this kind of dialogue with other people, with a fashion show and clients and whatever, it becomes something else. Free meets not so free.

I'm not so rock and roll. I'm more techno.

I have so much respect for John [Galliano]s technical skill and the fantasy, its just something that I dont find relevant now, especially when it restricts a woman, because in every other area they have so much freedom.

It felt wrong for me to stay totally connected to that very strict way of approaching the heritage - what it can be, what it cannot be. That was also the period where I really thought, "No, let's open it up."

My aim is a very modern Dior, but at the end of the day, I also look back.

For me, Warhol made so much sense.