The World Needs Some Excitement From Fashion.

For Me, Haute Couture Is A Necessity. I Never Would Have Done This Job Were It Not For Haute Couture. It Is A Comfort, A Security. I Almost Feel It Is Our Duty To Continue. Haute Couture Is France. We Have To Keep All The Skills And Craftmanship Alive.

With The Development Of The Christian Lacroix House In Paris And My Work Notably For The Theater, It Wasn't Serious Doing Things By Half.

Going Out In Paris Was Like Going Out In The '30s Dressed Like The Andrews Sisters. It Was Everything I'd Seen In Books At My Grandparents' House, Only It Was Our Generation.

The Notion Of Time Bothers Me. You Look At Thirty-year-old Photographs And Realize How The Time Has Passed.

There's Always Some Kind Of Hidden Logic.