In a meat-eating world, wearing leather for shoes and even clothes, the discussion of fur is childish.

Chanel is an institution, and you have to treat an institution like a whore – and then you get something out of her

The secret to modeling is not being perfect. What one needs is a face that people can identify in a second. You have to be given what’s needed by nature, and what’s needed is to...

It’s excellence in leadership when everyone wants to manufacture a black shoe and you manufacture a designer black shoe with gold medal on top. Do something new; do something better!

You cannot fake chic but you can be chic and fake fur

We need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates fashion. It’s like hunger and thirst — you need them both.

Success nullifies. You then have to do it again, preferably differently

I like to reinvent myself — it’s part of my job.

You don’t get to decide the truth. Other people have their own experiences, just as valid. This is easy to forget. Your slice of life seems so large and unmistakeable, like a mirage of wholeness...

Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English–but are great in remembering signs