You know, the more grown-up you are, the more you like Proust.

I think that clothes should be a shelter like a house or a rug. I think that there is that element of protection and a uniform can be just that.

A very young girl, myself, and my 70-year-old mother all look quite different wearing some of the same clothes from my shop. The whole secret is to know how to do it and some people never will, just like some can't make light pastry: they are lacking in some sort of grace.

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

The key to my collections is sensuality.

It doesn't matter one damn bit whether fashion is art or not. You don't question whether an incredible chef is an artist or not-his cakes are delicious and that's all that matters.

Even if I'm in Japan and I don't speak Japanese and the woman facing me doesn't speak French but she's dressed in Rykiel, and she recognizes me, then we have a common language right away.