My parents never mentioned anything about fashion in our household, instead we used to talk about literature, theatre, and arts...this is why I have kept a real relation with the Art world, by putting books from the beginning in my shops' windows.

As a slave [to fashion], I can be very dramatic and very demanding of myself and of the people I work with.

It is a very important matter, as a woman, to juggle everything... Your professional life, family, children etc.

The key to my collections is sensuality.

In my family, Fashion was something we never talked about, it was thought of as kind of superficial.

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

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