When I'm traveling the world, I don't ever look anymore at the geography - just enough to catch galleries and paintings.
Fashion is not always about what's new, it's also about what's good. And I think if you need to see what's good, you have to be there.
It's a major job to help men and women look beautiful.
I hate the word 'cool.' It gives me a rash.
Why not touch things that we hate and turn them upside down and inside out?
The designers, photographers and models I work with, they are really hard-working people who are devoting their lives to fashion. They're kind of like nuns of fashion.
The problem with couture is not designers; it's what happens when the couturier will no longer be there.
I want to know where is that committee in Switzerland that sits to decide what is in and what is out. I don't listen to the formula makers. I think maybe I have a selective hearing disorder.
One woman told me that every time she wears Lanvin, men fall in love with her. Another told me she wore Lanvin to face her husband's lawyer because she felt protected. If I can make men fall in love with women and if I can protect women, I think I can die peacefully.
I don't think that you can write music if you don't know how to play an instrument. You have to know the basics, then you can go forward.
I never think people should do things for me. I think I should do things for others. That makes me more comfortable.
Our clothes are not always beautiful on the hanger, but put them on, and they fit like bathing suits.
In fashion, the time is so short, and even with pre-collection, there are not only dresses, shoes, bags, and furs but now raincoats and T-shirts. It's just an endless amount of work that we have to produce in no time.
I do sport at the gym a few times a week, but I hate it. Work is my only remedy. I feel so twisted and horrible in the morning, but then I go to the office and I start feeling better. Work is my Tylenol. Extra-strength.
There is always a reason why, and I need to tell the stories.
I like dresses for night; I like after-party more than party. I like the mystery; I like the dream, like fantasy dresses. I think, also, that you make women dream.
Women can dream at 9 in the morning and at 10 o'clock at night - it doesn't matter.
I am always trying to put myself inside: Every dress I do, I think, 'If I were a woman, would I wear it?'
I like having the freedom to dress as I desire.
If I wasn't a designer, I would love to be a doctor. That is my fantasy, my dream. A doctor will give you a tablet if you have a headache, and I will give you a dress, and we both make you feel good.
