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

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

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.

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.

It's useless to send models out on the runway to cry.

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

I love flinging everything I buy behind me onto the back-seat of the car: it's always full of packages when I travel, when I leap in my car!