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

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" The lead of a film that wove around me, I played all the roles. I traveled the world; I loved life, pleasure. I adored to write, create. "

" My fashion has no time, no season. It doesn't go out of style. If someone decides that clothes can go out of fashion, then you are deciding a woman can go out of fashion. "

" 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! "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" My shows are about the complete woman who swallows it all. It's a question of survival. "

" I invented a sweater so small, so close to the body, that Women's Wear Daily nicknamed it 'The Poor Boy Sweater' and consecrated me queen of knitwear. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" My first conversation of the day is with my daughter, Nathalie. I call her every morning; it is a ritual. "

" The key to my collections is sensuality. "

" Women often stop me in the street. "

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

" I don't know how to knit. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Everyone knows that life is very expensive and you can change, you can turn, you can play with clothes with a lot of accessories. "

" I love chocolate. Black chocolate with marshmallow inside, caramel inside. If I could only have two foods, I'd take some fantastic chocolate. And some terrible chocolate. I love the Clark Bar. "

" 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. "

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

" I came from an intellectual Parisian family. My father was a watchmaker; my mother was a housewife. We discussed politics, art, sculpture - never fashion. "

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

" My color is black. And black, if it's worn right, is a scandal. "

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