Fashion is not art. Never.
I have loved corsets since I was small. When I was a child, my grandmother took me to an exhibition, and they had a corset on display. I loved the flesh color, the salmon satin, the lace.
I don’t know exactly what is my impact, but I can say I am doing fashion my own way.
When people have good energy, I feel it. And generally I feel that people do like me. And that makes me very happy.
Designers are to be in connection with what’s happening with the movement of society.
When I do my collection, it is in a way my own story.
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.
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.
I am impressed by the way Annie Kevans captured the different types of beauties that have been my inspiration and my muses from my grandmother to artists like David Bowie and Boy George.
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.
The great thing about American women is their energy and the way they love to dress.
I will stay in my bed!
I am very lucky because I am realizing my childhood dreams, and after presenting my shows it’s like a party.
I could say that making clothes is my way of communicating, because I was always so shy.
Doing fashion drawings was the only way I had to express myself when I was a teenager.
Clothes are expensive. You have to buy them, and to buy them, you have to believe in them.
I take life as it happens. And I give myself a lot of freedom.
I’ve always felt more at home in the UK than in France.
Always my collections are made of different influences.
You see me, I wanted to be fashion designer. I became fashion designer. So I think that everything is possible.