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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! "

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" You have to be luxurious nude. It's difficult to move in the nude in front of a mirror. It's much easier to move when you're dressed. But if you can walk around in the nude easily in front of your man, if you can be luxurious in the nude, then you've really got it. "

" Women often stop me in the street. "

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" I have the impression that the women around me are like me - smaller, taller, fatter, thinner - but in fact, we are all the same. "

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" People said making clothes inside out was not proper. I disagreed, because clothes that are inside out are as beautiful as a cathedral. "

" Paris was a melting pot. "

" I want women to learn to find themselves. "

" When I started in fashion, for the first 10 years, I said to myself every day, 'I'm going to quit tomorrow.' "

" A dress will never make a woman sexy, fatale, magnificent, mysterious. It's a way of walking, of standing, or existing, the way you give your hand or your regard. That's what makes the dress. "

" It is interesting to see what other designers do, and not work in a vacuum. "

" First I made a dress because I was pregnant and I wanted to be the most beautiful pregnant woman. Then I made a sweater because I wanted to have one that wasn't like anyone else's. "

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

" Everything I do is really an expression of myself, through colors and shapes and, at the same time, I try to explain what I feel not only as a creator but also as a woman. I cannot separate one from the other. "

" As soon as the show is over, I always think, 'How will the woman I design for go forward?' It's so important to start quickly because I can't let her get away. "

" I didn't listen to anyone. I was so violent, so authoritarian, only listening to what I wanted and myself. "

" Women should look at themselves and decide for themselves what color or length they should wear. "

" It's not true that clothes look better on skinny girls; what counts is the attitude. "

" Wherever I go, I buy shoes. "

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" A woman who walks well parts crowds - it's something we should all be taught to do. "

" Knowing yourself, and learning to love yourself as you are, is the beginning of beauty. I think the most important thing is to show off what's most beautiful about you and to hide what's less beautiful. "

" I don't think that clothes have anything to do with the personality. That comes from the woman herself. "

" My only ambition was to have 10 children. Fashion was an accident. "

" Since I didn't know anything, I did everything I wanted. "

" I care a lot about my looks, although I'm not too adventurous. Every day I dress the same way in a kind of 'uniform' of black, although in varying fabrics - it's always black. "

" I have never followed fashion. What is fashion to me? I just think of things that inspire me, that inspire women, and I design that way. "

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" To me, the biggest revolution of the 20th century was the pill. "

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Pill

" 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. "

" You can have a conversation with your eyes. "