Fashion is life-enhancing and I think it's a lovely, generous thing to do for other people.

There is no hierarchy of values any more. Real progress is due mainly to human genius, and that's rare, and usually stems from a real elite, from a hierarchy.

If you see everything from the point of view of women being victims in some way, you don't see the wood for the trees. It is better to be a person than a woman.

I’m not terribly interested in beauty. What touches me is someone who understands herself.

Home, more than anything, means warmth and bed.

I own my own company, so I've never had businessmen telling me what to do or getting worried if something doesn't sell. I've always had my own access to the public, because I started off making my clothes for a little shop and so I've always had people buying them.

Personally I'm not a feminist, as I can't stand puritans.