Occupation: Model Birth: August 11, 1957
I saw a lot of haute couture all my childhood, and without knowing it I've learned from when I was a child to recognise beautiful fabrics..
But overall when you work in fashion, you're always in a rush. You're always a little late, always in a hurry. Every single moment's important, so yo….
Buying a matching blouse and skirt from the same store is a crime. A clever mix of chic and cheap hits the jackpot. Know how to mix styles and labels..
It's important to keep up the idea of the brand, even beyond sales..
Well, that's why I really love Diego Della Valle, because he's crazy. Instead of going out to find a top business school graduate, for whom it would ….
Often something more simple would be better. Sometimes I put things together - a shirt, a sweater, a jacket - and it's too complicated. I would have ….
I think the essence of fashion is lightness, frivolity, and I'm very nostalgic for the time when Bérard was doing the windows, Cocteau was writing a ….
I was going to the flea markets to buy furniture. It was getting done the way it was getting done - on a small scale and with a lot of soul and heart….
If you don't feel comfortable in a plunging sweater, skin-tight jeans and killer heels, go home and change..
The secret of great style is to feel good in what you wear.
Life is never what it seems - and that’s the great thing about it.
Even if you live in a tiny village, there's an Internet site. It's quite easy to find clothes, but sometimes women don't know how to mix them..
I had no luck when I started out as a model. I keep telling people that it's the only career in the world that you can't choose for yourself - you ha….
One thing Della Valle taught me is the power to say no if something isn't right. That mattered even over sales. Now it's rolling and finally, after h….
Fashion is made up of paradoxes. There was a key moment in fashion. When the Japanese first arrived - Comme des Garçons, Yohji Yamamoto, and all - I ….
People imagine I am always in a Bentley with pearls and diamonds and black glasses and Karl Lagerfeld next to me..
I would love to live in India or in the South of France, but Roger Vivier doesn't have offices yet in New Delhi or Jaipur..
It is true that in France, women put on less things. If they have a necklace, they don't put on earrings; if they have nail polish, they don't put on….
One thing Della Valle taught me is the power to say no if something isn't right. That mattered even over sales..
You can go out and hate everybody, hate your age, and hate all the things you don't have but it will show; you have the face you deserve..
Matching shoes and bags immediately age you by 10 years..