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 have the feeling I've always done what I wanted throughout my life.

Fashion is also a form of art, and like every kind of art, it has its own way of expression. In other words, if a dress looks better on a thin girl, on a catwalk, during a very specific moment of time and space then it's represented as part of a "fashion Show". It is after all a "Show" and it has to be understood by people that it is a "show" and not real life.

I love chocolate. Black chocolate with marshmallow inside, caramel inside. If I could only have two foods, I'd take some fantastic chocolate. And some terrible chocolate. I love the Clark Bar.

I don't like women who are multiform, who wear many different shapes. Women who retain a unique shape are usually unique people.

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.

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