When I was young, especially when I was at school, I thought couture was about big gowns, big hats (that is couture as well, of course) - but my couture is about going near the clothes and having a look at the details. I like people to have a shock in a chic way.

My friends were like, "Oh, this weekend, we're going to go shopping." "Oh, this weekend I'm going to go to see the judo champion" ... you know. And I couldn't do anything.

I can give a beautiful present, and that may change the lives of people around me.

I tried to never exclude people. I know what it means to be left out.

My relationship with religion is very strong because it was my hope, and it gave me two things very important in my life. It gave me the belief and it gave me a point to reach: Don't do something bad to the people next to you.

Religion and love don't have a price, don't have a gender, a skin color, nothing. We are all on the same plate.

I come from a very poor family, with sisters. I never really knew my father, so I miss this strong image of a man in my life.