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.

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.

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.

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.

The natures of men and women are very mixed and for me the most fascinating type of woman is the one who is a little masculine, has a little of the man in her, and the sort of man who is fabulous is the one who is a little woman too. It's impossible not to mix them!

With the exception of lingerie and theater I'm interested in everything to do with clothes and perfumes: everything which is an extension of woman.