Your body can be very female, which is something you can do nothing about, but then you can have the soul, the mind and the spirit of both male and female. The women friends I am closest to somehow have this masculine side to them, they shove their hands in their pockets when they walk: I love that side.

I always have a lot of vents and slits in the clothes I design, even inside the pockets so that I can slip my hands inside my clothes and touch my skin. I want to be able to feel my body naked inside my clothes.

The key to my collections is sensuality.

Perfume follows you; it chases you and lingers behind you. It's a reference mark. Perfume makes silence talk.

For me, luxury isn't just the real thing. It's also fake. Swarovski crystals or real diamonds? It's a game. You have to be luxurious nude.

I started by designing a sweater very close to the body, because I couldn't find any for myself.

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!