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

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

It was by coincidence that I ended up opening my first shop in 1968, and I haven't stopped since. I now find myself trying to do everything. I couldn't live without creating my collections, without writing, drawing and reading. But I couldn't either live without being close to my children on a daily basis and also to my grandchildren, and to all the people I love. I guess I am like every woman today, one who juggles her work and family life.

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.

In the same way, I can wake up with a very positive idea of what I want to do for my collection, and be completely desperate at night regarding the same thing. And I do a lot of other things too: Writing for me is almost as important as drawing my collection.

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!

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