I am afraid of blood, but for some reason often I put blood in my photos... I don't know why.
The less you have, the more you enjoy.
If Caravaggio was a photographer today, I would love to work with him. I love his dark vision - I have a dark vision.
I definitely want to work on a project with young designers, not just French but international.
You don't choose your public; your public chooses you.
I love the free spirit in London.
We have the sort of beautiful older woman here in Paris. People like Loulou de la Falaise and Betty Catroux, all these beautiful looking women over 60... So there is culture here in France that even if you are older, you can stay beautiful.
Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
My father was very chic. My mum was always encouraging me. Some parents would say, 'Why don't you be a lawyer, a doctor, or something more important?' They never said that.
Fashion is supposed to be light and not try too hard.
Yes, I can speak a bit and I can read and write in Russian. I learned it from my grandmother who raised me with all the Russian fairytales.
I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
'Vogue' is a very beautiful magazine, an institution, and I learned so much working there.
I am Parisian. I don't love the French.
I'm not a superhero - I'm a super worker!
When a designer creates, he looks at the world around him.
When in doubt, wear a suit. Look at male politicians: you see them in a suit, and they look fine. But if you see a picture of them on the weekend or on vacation, there's a good chance they look terrible and unstylish.
When I left French 'Vogue,' New York welcomed me with a big, big hug.
When you give a lot of confidence in people and you don't get it back, you are a bit disappointed, but it's life.
The Russians are very much more up and down than the French.
For me, fashion is not about reality.
I am very surprised by someone like Alexander Wang. I am amazed how he is good with fashion, with business, with public relations himself, with an attitude in his clothes that is spoken immediately.
We are very lucky to work in fashion and not work in a hospital or something where the biggest deal we come across is perhaps the length of a skirt.