“I like to think that the clothes could have a life after the show is over. And that’s important, because everything we make is some kind of fantasy; even if it’s quite practical, it’s still a heightened reality.”

“I am here to make people dream, to seduce them into buying beautiful clothes and to strive to make amazing clothing to the best of my ability. That is my duty.”

“I try to sketch the future by mixing past and present, space and time.”

“Fashion is a movie. Every morning when you get dressed, you direct yourself.”

“My philosophy is evolution, not revolution.”

“A hat cannot actually give one golden curls if the hair is mouse-colored and stringy; it cannot lift a face, pay overdue bills, subtract ten years from one’s age, or transform a plain soul into a reigning princess. But it can lend practically any woman a temporary out-of-herself feeling. For the right hat creates a desired mood, and that isn’t fiction or fancy, but fact, fact, fact.”

“My work is about pushing the boundaries of creation.”