Clothes are expensive. You have to buy them, and to buy them, you have to believe in them.
Fashion is not art. Never.
I could say that making clothes is my way of communicating, because I was always so shy.
I can not forget Melina Mercouri in black dress at 'Never on Sunday'.
The shock of the way I mix patterns and fabrics can be disconcerting, but what I am trying to do is provoke new ideas about how pieces can be put together in different ways. I think this is a more modern way to wear clothes that in themselves are fairly classic.
When I started in fashion, I had already adopted the sailor-striped sweater as my uniform; that way, I wouldn't have to drive myself crazy trying to figure out what to wear.
Doing fashion drawings was the only way I had to express myself when I was a teenager.
I love Madonna. She is the only woman I have asked to marry me. She refused, of course.
I start each collection thinking how I can refresh my classics.
I am 1952. I masticate. I am like a big stomach.
People think that everyone wears black in France; in fact they all wear grey.
When people have good energy, I feel it. And generally I feel that people do like me. And that makes me very happy.
If it's too fashiony, it's not interesting to me.
People are fed up with something when it becomes more and more popular.
What is masculine and what is feminine, anyway?
It's good that there is more support of diversity but there is still a lot of resistance. I never saw it as fighting for a cause, though, for me it was spontaneous, I was doing what felt natural to me. I felt a part of it. I have always been attracted to what is new, interesting, funny, creative, the good things that were happening at that time in the world.
I'm still astounded by some people's reaction to things I consider quite normal.
The great thing about American women is their energy and the way they love to dress. French women don't really dress; they are too conservative, as it's always a question of money. In America, women are powerful and strong, determined. If they want to be an object, they choose to be in control.
I am very lucky because I am realizing my childhood dreams, and after presenting my shows it's like a party.
Clothes became my attraction and obsession early. I wasn't so interested in dressing myself because I was not my object of desire.
My clothes have always been expensive. Even though I have had a few lower-priced lines over the years, little by little everything I do tends toward the luxury market.
I like the dynamism and the joy cabare creates. I have always taken my job very seriously, but have always liked to have fun, to play. I like tradition and classicism but I have always liked to mix it up, even if it shocks at times.
I will stay in my bed!
I know what I am able and not able to do. Fashion? OK. Fashion... clothes in theatre, in an opera, in a concert - all that I love. To make a movie myself... no!
I've always felt more at home in the UK than in France.
