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

I couldn't have opened a store without putting books with the clothes. I am still writing as I have always done, and have published my ninth book "L'envers à l'endroit" last year. I am currently working on a dictionary of my favourite words.

My breakfast is very important.

I did not plan to have such a career in the fashion world. All that I wanted, was to have ten kids and raise them!

I can be happy with something I did, like a drawing or a dress I designed, and yet be very disappointed with the same drawing, or the same dress the day after.

How can you live the high life if you do not wear the high heels?

The key to my collections is sensuality.