For a long time, my uniform consisted of a trench coat, wide flared jeans, and little bottines - I copied a pair that my mother had in this theater place. I had, like, 10 pairs of the same shoes.

Fashion is a playground up until a certain age. But then you have to find your own signature and your own style.

What I find most interesting in fashion is that it has to reflect our time. You have to witness your own moment.

Never forget that what becomes timeless was once truly new.

More than anything, I'm designing for a woman of today. I want to be a witness of my time.

I'd rather work with someone who likes what I do than create something for the red carpet that won't make me happy.

You never do things thinking you will make a big statement. It just happens sometimes and you are lucky.

In French we have this word déclic. It's when you have, suddenly, a light shining and you say, "This is what I want to do."

I put pressure on myself to propose something new - I think it's the minimum that you can do as a fashion designer.

Your priority has to be the creativity - and build a brand. That's what everybody did - Balenciaga, Dior, Saint Laurent. That's the smart thing to do.

You need something that puts a little distance between what you really are and what you want to show; it's a shield, a protection.

Actually I like working kind of fast, because if you got it, why bother doing it over and over?

REASON, v.i. To weight probabilities in the scales of desire.

Smile and let everyone know that today, you're a lot stronger than you were yesterday.

There is an essence of, when you are fearless, you become more creative, and the more fearless I became, the more creative I was.

All this nothing has meant more to me than so many somethings

Going to Nashville to meet the in-laws was the first time when I'd been in America and not been seen as some sort of eccentric character with a cute accent.

There are people I know who won't hurt me. I call them corpses.

I think I'm prone to not being a good guy in relationships.

There's this about a farm: when the market's good there's money, and when it's bad there's food.