I don't see Dior as something that could become mine. I see it as a dialogue with the women who wear it. I want to stay connected to them rather than to an abstract brand.

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

The future, for me, is romantic, I don’t understand people who say the past is romantic. Romantic, for me, is something you don’t know yet, something you can dream about, something unknown and mystical. That I find fascinating.

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

My own show with Sterling Ruby, for example, seems like such a huge disconnection from Dior couture, but then I think, yeah, in both collections there was a very strong focus on the human hand and the actual work of people making garments. So in that sense, they were completely related. But I didn't realize that during the process.

I'm a designer, and for me, things are always evolving, and such evolution is necessary.

If I see a fashion show with literal influences, it doesn't make me think any more. It doesn't make me dream.