I tell myself that I created the wardrobe of the contemporary woman, that I participated in the transformation of my times.

Fashions fade, style is eternal.

Poiret made clothes for individual customers, but I wouldn't like to make a dress just for its own sake.

We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.

Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.

It pains me physically to see a woman victimized, rendered pathetic, by fashion.