My shows are about the complete woman who swallows it all. It's a question of survival.

I always have a lot of vents and slits in the clothes I design, even inside the pockets so that I can slip my hands inside my clothes and touch my skin. I want to be able to feel my body naked inside my clothes.

I will be working on the collection until the day before the show! It's an endless process, that's all that I can say at that stage.

Being one step ahead of a fashion trend is not so important to me. What matters is to always forge ahead.

I can't go any place without going to museums. It's very important for me.

I was rather free, and I always did what I wanted to do, sometimes without listening to the people who warned me not to do this or that.

It was by coincidence that I ended up opening my first shop in 1968, and I haven't stopped since. I now find myself trying to do everything. I couldn't live without creating my collections, without writing, drawing and reading. But I couldn't either live without being close to my children on a daily basis and also to my grandchildren, and to all the people I love. I guess I am like every woman today, one who juggles her work and family life.