People said making clothes inside out was not proper. I disagreed because clothes that are inside out are as beautiful as a cathedral.

At hotels, you are an actress. Absolutely. You can do what you want. Go where you want. I love my home too. But I love to arrive in a hotel. They have books, chocolate, food. I put things in the little refrigerator.

The fashion industry can in a certain way be very hard and closed.

A scarf has to be the most beautiful thing ever invented to wear! It's a winding, a continuity, an infinity! I love things that are endless, I hate them to stop. It's like order and disorder: I rather love disorder and things that move, it's a state where one gets more things done!

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

I think in the darkest moments, we need a break.

[Nathalie Rykiel] knows by heart the genetic codes of the brand, and she also has a very contemporary and creative opinions about it.