Occupation: Fashion Designer Birth: May 25, 1930 Death: August 25, 2016
I feel like a slave, and in a way like an artist, because I need to get inspiration everyday, from everything and everyone..
A scarf has to be the most beautiful thing ever invented to wear! It's a winding, a continuity, an infinity! I love things that are endless, I hate t….
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 m….
The essence of seduction for me in a man, although it stems from his rough, almost rough-neck looks, still contains something of the woman: he must b….
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 ….
I think that there are so many women who understand nothing about clothes and they should try and understand themselves before they start putting on ….
I hate the word feminine! I mean, there is a woman and a man and when I say "woman" it suggests all that is radiant, tender, fascinating, gentle, dem….
People said making clothes inside out was not proper. I disagreed because clothes that are inside out are as beautiful as a cathedral..
First I made a dress because I was pregnant and I wanted to be the most beautiful pregnant woman. Then I made a sweater because I wanted to have one ….
At hotels, you are an actress. Absolutely. You can do what you want. Go where you want. I love my home too. But I love to arrive in a hotel. They hav….
I think in the darkest moments, we need a break..
I don't like women who are multiform, who wear many different shapes. Women who retain a unique shape are usually unique people..
For the collection, I am like a painter or a writer. I may or may not be a character in my own story..
How can you live the high life if you do not wear the high heels?.
It doesn't matter one damn bit whether fashion is art or not. You don't question whether an incredible chef is an artist or not-his cakes are delicio….
Perfume follows you; it chases you and lingers behind you. It's a reference mark. Perfume makes silence talk..
Everything I do is really an expression of myself, through colors and shapes and, at the same time, I try to explain what I feel not only as a creato….
Your body can be very female, which is something you can do nothing about, but then you can have the soul, the mind and the spirit of both male and f….
I was rather free, and I always did what I wanted to do, sometimes without listening to the people who warned me not to do this or that..
Perfume is like a parenthesis, a moment of freedom, peace, love and sensuality in between the disturbances of modern living..
Being one step ahead of a fashion trend is not so important to me. What matters is to always forge ahead..