Fashion Is About Going Ahead,

I Don't Like To Act Because My Life Is A Pantomime Anyway.

Books Are A Hard-bound Drug With No Danger Of An Overdose. I Am The Happy Victim Of Books.

I Sketch In A Way That People Can Nearly Do The Dresses Without Me Coming In For A Fitting. Every Single Detail, Every Proportion, Every Cut -- Everything.

Chanel Is Composed Of Only A Few Elements, White Camellias, Quilted Bags And Austrian Doorman's Jackets, Pearls, Chains, Shoes With Black Toes. I Use These Elements Like Notes To Play With.

My Childhood Was Endless - From Eight To 18 Felt Like Hundreds Of Years.