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I want to give haute couture a kind of wink, a sense of humour - to introduce the whole sense of freedom one sees in the street into high fashion; to give couture the same provocative and arrogant look as punk - but, of course, with luxury and dignity and style. ”
My favorite thing is a black sweater and skirt, which you can wear all the time by changing the accessories. ”
I wish I had invented blue jeans. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes. ”
I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes. ”
When I look at the five thousand garments and then all this music hall work, I ask myself how I could have done it all. I was a phenomenon! ”
I live in solitude. I have need of solitude to do the next day's work. I can't be to parties where the noise tires me. I can't speak on the telephone. I must have complete calm. ”
Basic clothes are for all women, to last for decades and decades. They are the future and will never change. I am persuaded of that. ”
I tell myself that I created the wardrobe of the contemporary woman, that I participated in the transformation of my times. ”
I was a pilot and flying hang gliders, paragliders, aerobatics airplanes, and then I discovered skydiving. Free fall. Free. With nothing around you, just a parachute on your back. And you go down. But you don't feel like you're going down. Total freedom. ”
As a child, I first wanted to be a cook because my mother was such a good cook. ”