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" French women famously take care over their appearance, but this wasn't instilled in me as I grew up. I was taught that beauty comes from different places, from the inside and from the outside. "

" For me, luxury isn't just the real thing. It's also fake. Swarovski crystals or real diamonds? It's a game. "

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" I hate the word 'feminine!' I mean, there is a woman and a man, and when I say 'woman,' it suggests all that is radiant, tender, fascinating, gentle, demoniac, exaggerated! 'Feminine' makes me think of somebody who is spindly and over-sweet - I don't like that! "

" I wasn't interested in fashion originally. Fashion was for other people. "

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" At hotels, you are an actress. Absolutely. You can do what you want. Go where you want. I love my home too. But I love to arrive in a hotel. They have books, chocolate, food. I put things in the little refrigerator. "

" I think in the darkest moments, we need a break. "

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" I am a perfectionist. It has always been this way. "

" Like Picasso, I go through blue periods, green periods, or grey periods. "

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" I don't think I would ever have plastic surgery; there isn't anything I'd want to change. "

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" Being one step ahead of a fashion trend is not so important to me. What matters is to always forge ahead. "

" I became the world's queen of sweaters without even knowing how one was made. "

" When a woman confuses what she is with what she wears, then something is wrong inside. "

" We are working women. Also, we have the problem of children, of men, to take care of our houses, so many things. I try to explain that in my clothes. They are clothes for everyday life. That is the real life of woman. "

" I wanted a maternity dress, but I couldn't find anything I liked. Everything was abominable. So I made one. Then I made a pullover. 'Elle' put it on the cover. Then WWD elected me the Queen of Knitwear. "

" I am what I am. Before I was not so proud to make fashion. My family thought fashion wasn't very interesting. So I hid that. "

" I always believe in pants. You can play with your legs, your attitude, with pants. It's much more funny. It's much more sophisticated. It's much more arrogant, like a man with feminine attitude. I love pants. "

" A woman and a dress, very often, fight against each other because they are not at the same place. Sometimes you see the woman moving the belt around. She is making the robe her own. She needs that. Otherwise, the dress doesn't exist. "

" Fashion should be a kind of bouillon de culture. "

" The Rykiel woman? She doesn't have time to stop time. She's too busy running. In her hands she's carrying a tote, a baby, a book, a camera. "

" Women often stop me in the street. "