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 feel like a slave, and in a way like an artist, because I need to get inspiration everyday, from everything and everyone.

I have the feeling I've always done what I wanted throughout my life.

I am still taking care of the creation of the collection alongside my staff, and my daughter Nathalie Rykiel, is the artistic director of Sonia Rykiel, who takes care of a lot of things. We are very alike and also very close.

We are not saying that all women should be thin like these very thin and young girls. We are creating a show, with its artistic codes and rules, and we have to try not to mix up all the codes together.

I can be negatively criticised, but this is actually a positive thing, especially if the critic is smart, and helpful. I am very attentive to critics, they let me go ahead and push myself harder to continue.