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.

The fashion world doesn't know the word stop, so you have to make sure there are sublime moments every day.

I'm shy, but not on a one-to-one basis. Over the years, I have become acclimatised to a bit of publicity.

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.

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

In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.

Robert Gober, for example. He doesn't seem like somebody who is just going to show in a gallery that asks him to show. He's just making his work, and when he's ready, he's going to show it.