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" I was supposed to be a mother like my mother, who didn't work. "

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" My mother knitted a lot, but I never did; it was no fun. "

" The natures of men and women are very mixed, and for me, the most fascinating type of woman is the one who is a little masculine, has a little of the man in her, and the sort of man who is fabulous is the one who is a little woman, too. It's impossible not to mix them! "

" 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's useless to send models out on the runway to cry. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" It's important to keep on keeping on, to feel good about yourself and be happy with who you are. "

" 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. "

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

" My view is that you have to deal with who you are. It's hard work, in a way, but somebody has to do it. "

" 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. "

" How can you live the high life if you do not wear high heels? I don't understand why women wear these ballet pumps. They are only good if you walk like a ballet dancer, and only ballet dancers do that. "

" People are going to figure out that I don't know anything. I always thought I'd be discredited in the end. "

" The key to my collections is sensuality. "

" I don't want to show my pain. I resisted; I hesitated. I tried to be invisible, to pretend that nothing was wrong. It's impossible; it's not like me. "

" I was fascinated by stripes from the start. On clothing, they follow a woman's movements. "

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

" 1968 was the beginning of the hippie movement in fashion. That movement made fashion change completely. It was not necessary to be always dressed up. You could be dressed the way you wanted - it was absolute freedom. "

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

" 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. "

" I wanted women wearing my sweaters to give the impression they were naked. The aim wasn't to impose outfits but to stay as close as possible to women's bodies and their freedom of movement. "

" My breakfast is very important. "

" I never played a part in the feminist movement - it touches me, but I am not a militant. "

" To be modern is to be aware of what is going on. "

" What pushes me forward is everything I have learned: political, social, cultural. I put all that into the clothes. "

" My favourite feature is my hair. It has always made me look different. It was so red when I was born that my mother thought I had blood on my head. When I was a teenager, I looked like a tomboy, but then I understood that I could be a woman who was an intelligent mix between a lady and my mannish side. "

" 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. "

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