I'm not at all interested in doing clothes for movies or stage, in stage dressing or costuming. Nor can I design lingerie, for I never wear any! At one time I used to wear a lot of lingerie but now I'm in a mood of total nudity!

I think that there are so many women who understand nothing about clothes and they should try and understand themselves before they start putting on disguises: they should stand in front of the mirror for a day, two days or three, and find out what they have which is beautiful, interesting: what they should show: hair, neck, arms, or hands.

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

It's important to know yourself well, in order to create your own style of fashion to suit your own body shape.

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

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!

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.