The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie..

I love to be in New York. And I think anybody who's a designer, who says they're doing an urban collection, thinks about the streets of New York. I c….

We always see the point of an iceberg. So I've always accepted the idea that people - they don't necessarily know everything I am..

I see the city as an organism, shaped through time by the little humans having habits and doing millions of stuff in and out of it..

I am more used to seeing my work like a big collection, and only part of it is being shown..

When other boys dreamt of going to the moon or becoming doctors, I wanted to be a designer..

I am not a designer that buys vintage to be inspired..

When the economy changes, it's not like you want to start eating bad-tasting chocolate..

Knitted fur is so modern and light, it makes this retro shape cool again..

With couture, you feel obligated to design something modern each season, but with Theyskens Theory, I don't question anything. I'm thinking of what I….

What is funny is when you do a futuristic movie, you immediately get to be fashionable because you're creating something that doesn't exist..

As a designer, I'm not a guy that can be put in a niche..

I don't like to go beyond modernity because you think girls might be like that in five years, but in five years what I see now is going to be old; we….

I've admired historical clothes like Victorian gowns since I was a child, and it's what motivated me to go into fashion..

I didn't understand the advantages of staying active until I was about 27..

I don't think couture will die. But it should have no pretension that it will conquer the world. It's not something that will disappear because all y….

When Princess Diana got married, I was a very little kid, I think. I remember her dress, and I found the dress amazing when I was a kid..

The aim of being a good designer is to have an influence. If you design furniture or lifestyle, you should influence the way people evolve globally. ….

People who don't know me sometimes call me 'Mademoiselle.'.

Even during the golden age of fashion, you had haute couture houses where the designers didn't have money..

Historical costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries look so complicated, but when you see the patterns, it's very systematic. I've always been impre….