You can never take too much care over the choice of your shoes. Too many women think that they are unimportant, but the real proof of an elegant woman is what is on her feet.

Elegance must be the right combination of distinction, naturalness, care and simplicity. Outside this, believe me, there is no elegance. Only pretension.

Women, with their sure instincts, realized that my intention was to make them not just more beautiful but also happier.

All I required to be happy was friendship and people I could admire.

Finally, everything that has been part of my life, whether I wanted it to or not, has expressed itself in my dresses.

We were emerging from the period of war, of uniforms, of women-soldiers built like boxers. I drew women-flowers, soft shoulders, fine waists like liana and wide skirts like corolla.