It's the most beautiful job in the world to give happiness to people.

Fabric is the most extraordinary thing; it has life. You must respect the fabric.

I'd love to wear the big pant, like I see on the street, or the blouson, but I'd look ridiculous. I'm not that shape. You must respect yourself.

Of course everyone dreams of living in the 17th or the 18th century because of the costumes, but there were so many incommodities.

As a student, I was more gifted in history and geography. Things like arithmetic were not my strength.

Like in great painting and architecture, in couture, to make clothes you must eliminate, eliminate, eliminate to obtain the true sense of a line. You see, the more you add, the more you load on, the more it's mad. You must try to have just the silhouette, which is an intelligence in clothes.

You have to know when to stop - that's wisdom.