It felt wrong for me to stay totally connected to that very strict way of approaching the heritage - what it can be, what it cannot be. That was also….

I don't see Dior as something that could become mine. I see it as a dialogue with the women who wear it. I want to stay connected to them rather than….

But overall I want to make sure people fall in love with the clothes and that they are satisfied.

My whole life, I've always had to be surrounded by creative things. I find it relaxing to be in touch with creations by other people..

For me, Warhol made so much sense..

Unlike fashion, art isn't applied. It doesn't have to serve anybody. It doesn't have to be there for any other reason than to give an impression of w….

I'm usually very attracted to things that I can't define. If something's too clear, it's very often not inspiring to me anymore..

I think it's different in fashion, because even if I would be an outsider, I would still be in the middle of the whole world of contemporary fashion.….

My own show with Sterling Ruby, for example, seems like such a huge disconnection from Dior couture, but then I think, yeah, in both collections ther….

I’m very attracted to things that I can’t define..

I never really have to sit at a desk thinking, "What should I do now?" It doesn't work like that for me, and it never has. My thinking process is con….

I'm very scared sometimes that fashion might attack its own magic by the amount of exposure..

My mother was a cleaning lady all her life..

It was a challenge for me to see how I could deal with that at Jil, and I had a lot of doubt about it. I wondered if maybe it was just better to do y….

You do what you do. Or you do what you have to do. I don't know how to explain it better. I think that in the moment, you can't see connections, but ….

Fashion has a long interest in collaborative situations..

Fashion is such an octopus. You're connected to so many people: suppliers, pattern makers, production teams, marketing teams, vendors..

The psychology for the person who's actually doing it is completely different. I think I probably needed to put that [hired-hand] psychology in my ow….

If I see a fashion show with literal influences, it doesn't make me think any more. It doesn't make me dream..

I'm not an isolated person. The more I connect to people, the more I have the feeling that things work..

I always try to connect with what's happening in the world-reality, modernity, the 21st century, all that - and with Jil it started to feel very disc….