I am happy that thousands of students, young designers and fashion people will be able to see and study my work in every aspect of it.

Elegance is the balance between PROPORTION, EMOTION & SURPRISE.

I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.

Only wear clothes that make you feel alive.

When I entertain at home, I take time and pleasure in the small details that make all the difference. Entertaining is about giving to people and sharing with them.

I am especially grateful that I have been able to keep my own style over the decades, in spite of the many changes that have taken place in the world of fashion and in its business.

I am like a freight train. Working on the details, twisting them and playing with them over the years, but always staying on the same track.

There are only three things I can do - make a dress, decorate a house, and entertain people.

I put the number 7 on my t-shirt because this is the number of my championships but also because it was the number of Barry Sheene, who was a great hero of mine and a truly great racer.

An evening dress that reveals a woman's ankles while walking is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.

I like things simple.

the meeting between ignorance and knowledge, between brutality and culture - it begins in the dignity with which we treat the dead

A very well-rounded intelligent mind is a wealth of its own.

Without my dad, I wouldn't be here.

Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.

The ability to communicate with everybody, regardless of who are you are, is a great thing.

When my father passed away and then when later on I gave birth, those are sort of ground-breaking experiences that put everything else into perspective.

My mum and dad are pretty amazing chefs and they spent most of my childhood cooking really extravagant things for my sister and me.

I have no regrets, except perhaps one: I should have tried harder to be a better actor.

The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. Authority over him and his art is ridiculous.

My friends are so cynical, they refuse to keep the faith.