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 married a man who was in fashion. I began to work when my daughter Nathalie was about eight or 10 years old. Then one day I began to make a sweater, and eventually the sweater was on the front page of Elle magazine. And the day after I was the queen of knit in America.

Design job fell on me. I didn't want to do it. It was an accident. For the first 10 years I said, "Tomorrow I'm stopping."

I have to say that the identity of a fashion designer is international today.

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 think in the darkest moments, we need a break.

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